The New York Herald Newspaper, June 8, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 7223 SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1856. THE PRESIDENCY. THE NEW YORK CITY DAILY PRESS ON BUCHANAN’S NOMINATION. THE FIRST BROADSIDE. A Rather Cool Reception of the Democratic Nominee, SHE EFFECT OF THE NOMINATION ELSEWHERE. Térem ibe New Yort Ccurier and Esquirer—anti Ne- orasks fasiovist | James Buchanan, wita nis factie aisposition, would be ll iba. Frenkiin Pierce hes neon on the subjest of Blavézy. Even were he inslines otherwise, the predomi: want p. wer of the Sourn ia his party would compel him ao take this characer, His support will come almost entire.y trom the slaveholeing Sisies, and his waole pub- Ue €x:ence wi!) depend on suomirting implicidly to thelr demauce, In accep'ing the nominarion hs accepts the Bentinesis of the pistiorm respecting “treason and armed resistance to the Jawin the Territori id takes up°n himself the work o: carrying out the Of ue tree State men, just a8 Lie tark of pernecutig ‘the Chris'ians devolves from one Koman Emperor upoa ‘nother. Franklia Pisrce ix .o be in office only niae smonth» =:0re; and, diligent as my be the uss made of ‘himecuting that time, it twhardiy probable tha: is will guflice % consummate the basiness of making Kansas a Blave State, Even if it shoud, Neoragka would still re- main opsn tothe same system of operations. So far as Tegarc> slavery, the succession uuaer Mr. Buchanan ‘would re just as truly xrequei of tne present Prestden- tial terw,'as would be 4 eeecnd terio of franklia Pierce, In respect to our foreign affiirs, str. Buchavan ia to be even i+. trusted. Lax as were the ‘Young Amertea’? enunciated in Mir Jierce’s maugural, ond ag- 8 were some of bin fcreign appointments, set the piucente, the moderation, and tne conservative tea- de + Mr. Marcy preveatea all practicai mischief; and Jations at the present time, though by 00 atisfactory ax might be wished, yet stand much Detter ban cou'd possibly have been the case had they Wontinurd to be directed by tueir originel impulse. Mr. Mares, ovce fairly in his reat, wae enabled to do very muck: a: he Hkec’adroun, on condition of not interfering swith tbe slavery policy a° howe. But Mr. Buchai different man trom Mr. Marey, and has & different foreign ‘policy @oere can bs no niistske about this; it is writ- ainly as lenguege can express it, ia the famous Report, which sr. Bacnsnan, twenty months sgted ‘in his capactty as Foreign Pl nipo- Mr. Marcy manifested hia ais- ove! of, by re-evliicg Mr. Youlé, one of its three igners, Toe fentiments of the Keport yet live ia the public memory ‘there has been,” the three Plenip.teutiaries say, ‘'a full and unreserved interchange Of views and rentiwents be’ween un on this grave and imyor'aut matter, and we firmly believe that the vital Intere t+ of the Ucitea Staves are seriously involved in ats por+e:sion of Cuba: the Union can never enjoy re- pore cer posuess reiiable security without it’ They cwentoc todeolare that ‘‘Cuda is aa necessary to the North American r+ pudiic 95 any of its present membera,”? ‘and then put forth the doctrine that ‘self preservation ds the first law of navure with States ay well a¢ incividu- ‘ais,”’ are that if Spain would nov seil Cuba, “we shall ce Justities in wresting”—thsc was th word, wresting—“‘it rom Spa:n, if we possess the power.” It was not suffi- elevtly cieparaging our repusiie, it was not sufficiently Gegracing is the estimation of the world, for those three nf its representatives at fozeiga courts, with James Ba- ebans: at their head, to prociaim tha! the very exiat- ence of their republic depended upon its possession of = eertai: outlying patch of land in the Caribbean—ihat Listorical arecciation, hered!tary pride, advancing inteligence, weal'n, happiness, distinction, a domain Btretchirg from the Atiantic to the Pacific, and from the S:, Lawrence to the Gulf of Mexico, and evary other fBgevey and ipfluescr, had no string effect, no redveming Virtus. nuless the isiapd of Cuba were joined to it—it ‘Was cot « sufficien’ iveult to our national standing for James Buchanan, with Ministers Son'é and Mason, to de- clare to's in the face ot Kurops, put Europe was told that (we quote literally) we can aiford to disregard the cen- Burts of the worl:,” aud tbat ‘wo shall be justified in ‘wrestirg Cubs from Soam, if ws possess the power,” iu otber words, that the ied S.ates ought to turn roober, ‘What a cpectacle! The fo-emost repreventative of the Ame ican republic, stardiog in mid Europe, and urging his ccuntry to do precisely what would make a man a Yelcn in private }:fe, and dcom him to tne cells of a peni- Yentiary, These sentiments, snd this spirit, are, under A Amewont different manifestation, as vigorous now as ‘The five r-solutions on toreign relations, reported pted as p/rtof the platform at Cinclonati, emoody, ander a more specious exterior, the very policy urged by Mr. Buchanan in bia Ostend report. The decisrations of the rec:rsity of msin'atcing Americsn predominance on the isthmus end nthe Gulf, bear just as close a ra- Sere.ce to territcris! acquisitions, as Mr. Buchanen’s Jangusgs. Mr. Buchanan is as complete an exponent of the filibustering os he is of the slavery exten ting el:- ments o! the platform, and should he ce elected Presi dent, would have uo Marcy over biw to provent his car- ryirg thew out ‘to the top of nis bent.”” But sir Buchanan, in cur judgment, is destined to bs Deatiy. His amiable personal qualities will go but a Yery short way towards recone! ing. the Amerloan people to ibe principles and p licy wih which ho is identifies. The ¢ mirg contest invoivew too serious politica: issues to De ivfveuced, to sny important extent. by mere personal consid-iattons, The vital incverests of the couatry are at staze. We regard it as certain as any future event can de, that the continuation of such a domestic policy as that which bus been icaugurated uncer President Pierce, would ultimately produce civil war ; aud that the csrryiog out of the doctrines and sentiments of the Ostend report and of the Cincinrati resolutions, would plunge us into war with the principal Powers of Kurops, The greut mass of the intelligen: voters of the North, we heve no our, will entertaia the same conviction. ‘It 1s trusted that Sir, Buckanan will get the vote of every Southern Btate, The selection of Mr, Breckeniidge, as the candt- date for the Vice Presidency, was mals expressly to secure the vole Kentucky, wrich was regarded as the most doubt fal of the slavehoiirg S-ates, It was an adroit expedient, and perbaps may effect 1:8 purpose #0 far as that particular Sia 6 is concerned ; but it will be of no avail. Mr. Bu- ebanan is to-day a weak caccidate with the mpjority of the Amezicen people, and as he becomes better unierstood, will razidly grow weaker, [From the Commereiel Advertiser- oo 6+, eee Oe He has antecedents as a public man. And these antece dents, we cordially c:ncede, are in the main highly cre. Gitabie io him. Perhsps no genileman whom a de cratic convention coulc have nominated, would have commended more ze+pest from the country at la James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. Peraunal'y he is en- 4itled to and will command respect. Po.itically, however, s large portion of the community ‘wil see constrained to oppose’ his election, even among thore who can searcely be counted among the sup- porters cf any other candidate. For ourselvas we find insuperabie objec'ions to Mr. Buchanan ia the platform ‘Which the convention that nominated bim has adopted. A contemporary remarks that platforms of party princi- pe re practicaily ot little consequence, experience hav- shown that they have no effect upon the party. This is tue toa certain extent. They have a meaning, how. ever, since they reveal the animus of the convention which makes the nomination, and that convention re- Presents the party upon whom the candidate relies for support. Both the nominee and tae party that sup- rts Lim may depart from the line of policy Iaid down such pistform, and yet that pla‘form may still be of prac ical consequence. Itiv on an implied pledge that he will act upon such Pelicy that the nowiace hopes to succeed, and that his political adherents ask support for him, 'To elect him, therefore, is to ceciare that ean of the people of the Uci 6d States approve of such a polisy; that they ex- ct him to pursue rt; that, no: only is ’he at perfect ber v (o act in accordance with that platform, but chet he will really disapp it a majority of the people it he oes not 60 conduct public affairs. It is in this view that & plattorm, technica'ly so called, bas a practical conse- quence. The election of a citizen to the chief magistracy, ‘Who pro‘esres to approve of that platform, and because he apprvves of it, must be aesumed to be an exposition of the sentiment of the majority of the people of these Dnited States, Now #@ cannot approve, nor, we think, will con- ‘Bervai.ve men generaily, of the tone of the Conven- ftion’s cesclutions respecting the foreign pclicy of this govercment. The objections we entertain we can- Pot vow specify. Buc we have a general objection. The effect of adopting there resclations as statiog « 1ty iasue will be a wovel element { tioneering po- fe, + That effect will be to subject the foreign po.iey of @he government to the will and the predetermined urfosis of the masses of the people, who ave sot, and necessarily cannot bave, the requiaite in- form ion to pronounce upon foreign ailaira, especially acvance of évents whish are or may be secretly trans- Pitirg. This is a new developement of democracy which ous: he well pondered before it {# admitted asa party Assue, and ia legitimate matter for subsequent discussion. {From the Eveniog Post--Van Buren fcee soil demoorat.) ‘In Mr. Pisree,”’ eay the Virginia planters, or may be Buppo ed to ray, ‘* yoa have an old segar, not of the firat quali y to begin witb, smoked to the stump. What shail wedo with the disguating remnant’ (t has served tho Ft eh for which it was made, and ia only fit Be hrown into the street and trampled under foot. With your issve I will help myself tos clean one from the se- grr care” Mr. Pierce may eonsole himself with the reflection thet he bas only fared like other Northern men who devoted thermawives to the service of tho slavebolders, Mr, Fill- more put himselt under thelr direction, and helped to foreo through Congress the compromises of 1860, in- cludirg the Fugit.va Slave law. Hs ex rected to be nomi- aed for the Presidency, but he was set aside withoat woremony. Webster, after opposing the elaims of the South tor ® long time, yielded at length. and gave his supp tt to the samo measures, the Washington Union encourvging him, and telling him that there was no pub- Mo honor too high for his desert, or which » gratefal country was not ready to bestow upon him, He, too, expected @ nomination for the Presidency, and endured a bitter disappointment in not receiving it. Mr. Piercs, with these examples before bis eyes, hes made himselt the prasive tool of the slaveholders, and is turned off with a like reward. Mr. Buchanan will of course accep: the nomination ‘urder the conditions on which it is offered, and which PRICE TWO CENTS. are exprersed in the resolutions adopted by the Cnven- tion. He will accept it ascordingly, with the under- standing that the new doctrine of the nationality of tlavery. ditguised under the term ot “the equality of the States”? is to be carried practically into etleet—the doc. trive that slavery goes under the protection of the Federal government, invo ail the Territories over which the ju- risdicticn of that government extents; he will accept it with the understanding that the pe ple of the Territories bave no right 10 wake laws to exclude it till the Territo- ries are admitted an States, and that the peop.e of Kan- sas, in their opporiticn to the edicts of the mock Legiala- ture convened at the Shawnee Mission, are guilty of trea- scp and armed reristance to the saws whisu it is his duly to putcown, The sawe influence which has hitherto governed the counrels of our government baa packed Cincinnati Coovevtion, constructed ita platform, nom! nated its cancidate for the Presidency, and will dictate Fis course if he is elected. (Fiom the Journal of Commerce—A Pierce Adminiatra- ticn_O gan.) The selection of Mr. Buchanen will tend to strengthen the public faith in the fitters of the people for self. govern- ment. Amorg the most experienced of the few remafping #tatesmen who bave been empicyed in the national ser- view Curing @ period extending over halt the existence of the republic, he bas exhibi ed in the various exalted stations which he has been called to fill a thorough fit- ne‘s for their respective ducies, # perfeot comprehension of ibe interests entrusted to his charge, an undeviating renee of equity justice in judgment and aaministre- tion, and a Jil ‘and patriotic estimate of thos» consi- Gerations necessary wo the aojustment of confiteting sec- veral interests, which have hi'herto so happily oon- trolled the counsels of the country, and given toit an un- 3 it of expansion, power ard pros- vancement of general civilization an our own permanent Well being ned. ‘ine vews of the nomina'ion was received by the demo- crates of this city with rejoicing. The welkin was soo) mace toring with penis of canpon, wnich continued, at sbvort intervals, for at lesst an bour. The gun used on ‘the occasion was captured from the British at Saratoge, aud it wes fired by the Buchanan Volunteer a¢iation, In the evening « hundred gune were fired, under the aus- pices cf the Democratic Generel Committee. Tammany Ho!1 was illummated ard a huge bonfire builtin front The Tammany ratification will take place on Wed- iby evening rext, he announcement is well received by the public gene- Mr. Buchansn’s election will be considered a tee for domestic quiet on the basis of the constitu. and for friendly relations with f-relgn Powers, (From the Ne x York Tribupe--Sewardite and Fourierite. ] Sic, Buchanan is good candidate for his party, pre- cisely because be is not directy implicated in some of the la tard worst of that party’s doings, Had he been at heme in 1854, he wou d necessarily have been involved in the pasrags ofthe Nebraska Dill and its disastrous cuprequences. I: 4s only the alibi whish san be proved in his behaif, which tencers bima more available cardidate than Fierce cr licuglas, Aud tnose 0 will aupport him must he perfee'ly avare that he will follow in the footsteps of thore ha bas supplanted, and do the work, it electec, which they have lett uncompieted. Nay: the facts thar he was not in the Nebraska fight and owes hig nomination mainly to Northerp votss, will constrain him to comit himaeif more utrerly and abjectly to the slave power then another would need to do. And no man ever evinced a greater piiancy or subserviescy to that power than James Buchanan And this is, afver all, the only question of any conse- quenee involved in the Presid ‘contest. Who cares whether this man or tha’ called to the White save as his election shall redound to th of freedom or slavery in Kansas and the tries? In contemplatirg this issue, all personal con- siderations fade into insynificance. We ssk not who is to be the dispenser of patronege, the wielder cf power, but who will roll back the tide of ruffian violence and gi- gentic fraud which tor two years have rendered the ferri- ions of Kansas a swindling farce, and crushed her beneath the iron heel of ruthless fuvaders, intent only on her subjugaticn to slavery by apy means, an, at all hazards. Ae we look out on the contest for whit the hosts are now gathering, we hear no: the roar of the ¢avnon by which ths partisans of Buchanan are heiling his triumph at Cincinnatl, but rather that of the federal gurs by which the chiet edifice of Lawrence was battered wn ‘by Sheriff's pcsse, in obedience to the tates of a prosiavery Grand Jury, while the of- fies of the journals Which dared to plead for free labor and human rights were ravaged and their ma- terials thrown into the river. The bonfires raised in Pernsylvania to celebrate the nomination of Buchanan can never hide the lurid blaze of the burning ings of Governor Robinson and his compatriots, guilf¥ @f no oxime but that of having slavery and loviog freedom. The cheers of ten thousand partisans, rejoicing that they have no longer to carry Pierce and Douglas on their im meciste shoulders, ring out on the evening air; but the low means of those whom the “law and oraer’? forces in Kansas have made widows avd orphans beceuse their husbands anc fathers cesired and labored to make their choren home ® land cf freemen and nct tlaves, wiil con- tinue to be heard lorg after thore cheers shail have died away. The wrorgs of the free State ieaders now inpri- toned as traitors, or hvnto3 trom the Territory as rebels, shail yet be averged by the American people, whose ver dic: in November must be against slavery, usurpation and wrorg, and in favor of justice, humanity and tree- om, (From the Times—Junier Seward Orgav.] Could the political antecedents of Mr. Buchanan be fur. gotten, there is much in his personal character to secure acquiescence in the wisdom of the nomination. A man of jarge though somewhat fruitless experience and fa- millarity with the world, his agrecable manners aad ready p'earaniry in social intercourse insure him the liking of thote who encounter him in private lite, In pubiic li’e, however bis reputation is very far trom enviable. At no P-ticd, even at those epochs of immirent emergency when the latent powers of men are roused and exhibited in thef largert extent, bas Mr. Buchanan distingalshed himself by talent, courege, or decision of char acter. Changefal, uncertain, vacillating, directed ed none of those generous impulses which marked the early life of Webster, and the whole life of Clay, he jhas set coolly down to the anatomy of cir- cumstances, studying their relations with his own private interests avd aima in polities, where other men, consult- ing only the instincts of right and justice, have taken places in the issue at once. If any trait more eminently than another is evinced in the biography of Mr. Buchanan, it is cold, calculating selfishness, passive rather then active, because based cn mediocrity of talent; a practi- ticner of potites, not for public but for personal advan- tnge. Gcverned by this cautious policy, he has never, thioughout # long legisiative career, suggested or origi pated a single messure of avy {mportance or concern to the Unicn, At those crises of threatened convulsion, when the interposition of some 6 could alone id the catestrophe, Mr. Bucharan’s was never that Slow irdeed to ally himseit with uotried ventures, he has not embraced the side of order and peace until its popularity out doors was assured. At the outset of bis pouitionl career, a federalist of the straitest sect, a fede- alist he bar remained, althovgh icentifled with and ac- c:mmocating himself to the varying dootrines and for- tunes of the democratic party. Hence, without any t's distinct dieclosure of bis sentiments in regard to teriitorlal quesiions than may be drawn from the pud- lishea and uprepudiated letter to Hon. John Slidell, and fiom the undecipherable platform upon which he is no. minated, we are authorized to believe Mr. Buchanan will go all lerg'he in the policy inaugurated by Douglas and Pierce, merely because it is an assertion of the absolute supremacy of the federal government over the separate States. amd over the people. It ts Hele dle, theretore, to regard the candidate of the Cineint at! Convention as either sateoravailable, He can- not be otherwise than unsafe at the present moment, who, in questicns of domestic interest, upholds inveterately Gocirines subversive of State sovereignty; or who, in the ecnduct of foreign policy, has dispiayed the extreme weakness and tendency to blunder and befog himself which Mr. Buchanan manifested throughout his recent {intercourse with the Bri ish Woreign Office. The republic now, it ever, requires s statesman at theheim. The crisis 1s the most perlious to which it has ever been exposed. It ¢an, hereafter, encounter no danger more formidable. Leoking at the career of Mr. Buchanan in the most favor- abie light, we recognite ia it nothing of either talent or statesmanship; nothing but the cola blooded self ceoning snd craft of the party politician, than the elevation of which to power no calamity is to be more anxiously de- precated or avoided. We doubt whether the masses, to woem the Convention commends its tabors, will not be found of our opinion, From the Express—Fillmore Know Nothing.] Untertunately for Mr. Buchanan, he is, by the plat- form acopted, pledged to the fe policy, The measures of the Pierce administratioa are already endorsed, and probably the man himself. He has held office under it abroad, and he bas, in advasce, announced his adher- ence to méasurea which he before condemned. He hes stood upon the Missouri Compromise flat-footed, and in his recent ceslarations has acquiesced and approved of ite repeal. He has a record against the extension of slavery, acd a record agaipst arresticg the ex‘ension of slave: He has a demosratic record and a federal re- cord, as red and blue as Lucifer himself, His antece- dents an 8 politician are of the worst possible sort, and of #0 mixed ® cast that it will lead all cautious mento mis- him. He has been aspiring for the Presiaency for t ‘a years, anda puoiic man fer for:y, He has held feeeral certificates or election under the worst re- gime of federaliem, and democratic certificates of election since the time fortune first favored Andrew Jagkacn. He ,has been an extreme rarty man, too sod as such wanting in magnanimlty to political cpponents, as witners, his treatment of Henry Clay, and hia attacks on Jobn Davis, of Maes., for expoting his in- consistency ard want of Americanism in regard to Ame- ricen labor. Too ambitious to be coosisteat, too timid to be just, and ever ready to be all things to all men—s “fiity four forty’? map by profession, —a ‘forty-nine’ man by action, very Fnglish in Englandesvery American in Ameries, very free-tradish in the United ‘States Senate, very protective in Penpaylvania. We bardly know a msn against whose political pro- fessions and practices more can be ssid, From the Sun—Cnbdan Filibuster. | No one will reriously ask ‘*Who is James Buchanan?” He is ro unknown or obscure man—no third or fourth rate politician suddenly elevated to prominence by the intrigves of apoil seeking politicians, He is a ripe states- man, and a of unblemished character, known and respected by all hie countrymen. Such is his portion that his nomination is’ gen- erally regarded as squivalent to an elestion, though this conviotion will oply stimulate the zeal of hia supporters and give vigor to their efforts to awell his vote im all the States, His nomination will abate the danger- ous sectional feeling which bas sprung up under the rule of the present administration, and renew the confidence of the people, in all sections of the Union, in the stability and permanency of oar republican tostitutions. We can heartily congratulate the Cincinnat! Convention on the result of its deliberations, It has evinoed » epirit of moderation and of prudence which has agreeably dis- appointed many be pureued, who feared a different course would It bes divpeiied anxtons doubts, beeled 0 smothered the stragwies of faction by its 4 barmonicus action. To Mr, Buchapan the 1 porte of the Union cam cok for a wise and jnat administration of their public affairs. In his heods, the interests of all tbe integrity of the Constitution, ard the honor of the country will be eonsidered safe. [From the Daily News—Hard Shell anti Pierce aemocrat. ‘There events (referring to Pierce’s wretched adminis- \ranon) bave cow all pasted away, though the effects Tipger with us fora wht hor fal oLer, too—bave been brought into the fi le we are rea¢y to forget. wo far as we cam, the past, 1 lend all our energi what little force or t influence we may possers toward the elevation of pew, and, we are sure, hetter men to place and power. That the conatzy and the grent national democratic party wil not be deceived in their acts, we have every confi- dence and belief. That Je: Buchanan will be elected, we feel as cert if it had already taken place. [From the Evenirg Mirrer—Gid Line Whig and Know Nothing ) Mr, Buchanan is a man of eminently reapeotable charac- fer and talent. and the very best and strongest man the democrats could have named. He will be a hard candi- Gate to beat. [from the Day Book—Pierce organ ] * * * * We would have preferred to have met the inpues before the country with the man for a s'andard bearer who bas been the especial mark cf abolition hoa- viity end malignsucy, and who, in the language of a de- mocrat of New Gampshise, bas given us ‘a glorious and gclike administration.” But others have thought dif Jerentiy. and we do not impugn their metives or ques- tion their devotion to demceratic principles. We care for no man excapt only as he representa ideas and issues befcre the country; and if the battle between abolition- ‘ism and true democracy eap be fought ss well, or better, under Mr. Bucbanap, we hall he heartily glad of his no- mination. At events, we have a platform of prin ples which embraces mapy bold and glorious positions; and if there sball be no dodging of any of the real issues before the country, we may expect a conquest achieved by the democratic party second in tmportance to no for- mer triumph, RECEPTION OF THE NEWS OF THE NOMINATIONS, WASHINGTON. GRAND RALLY OF TRE DEMOCRACY IN RESPONSE TO THE NOMINATION—SPRECHES BY GEN. CASS AND 8. As DOUGLAS—SERENADING THE PRESIDENT— SPEECH OF GEN. PIEROE, ETC., ETC. Wasuixcron, June 7, 1856. The giand rally of the democracy was held in Copp’s ssloon, In consequence of the inclemency of the weather. At the appointed hour the immense hall was crowded, while the Marine band performed some of their most ani- wated pieces. On the stand I noticed Hon. . A. Douglas, Gen. Levis C. 0s, Hon. P, P. Stanton, Hon. Thomas B, Florence, and other distinguished gentlemen. On the entrance of Gan. Cass the asloon rang with ap- plause, and the band struck up ‘‘Auld Lang Syne.” The following officers were appeinted:— President— Hor, Samuel A. Smith. Vice Presidents—Daniel Ratcliffe, Wm. B Magruder, Themas Carberry, Walter Lencx, Lambert Tree and Geo, Parker. On taking the chair, Mr. Swrrm submitted some re- marks, in which he returned his thanks for the honor cone him in being called to preside at a meeting to ratify such nominations; and where, too, will speak those under whom the democracy have fought in times g-ne by, and by whom they expect to be led for years to come. Gen. Cass was then loudly called for, and appeared on the stage, amidst loud applause. He said he came not to make a speech, but to join his democratic fellow-citizens ip congratulating the country on the fortunate termina- tion of the Cincinnati Convention. The Convention had done its duty nobly. Now the party must do its duty— put on ihe armor, and go forth to the conflict; but not the armor of rifles—not the weapons which some of the Northern chnrebes would put in the hands of their con- gregations—but the armor of reason, argument and pat- riotism. (This hit at the rifles was cheered tremen- ously.) Gen. Cass concluded by urging that the demo- eracy stand shoulder to shoulder for the nomination, for indeed evil times were upen us. The shout then was for Douglas, who tock the stant amid three rounds of applauee. Mr. Doveras said he appeared rot as +m matter of for malitv, but bis whole soul was in the good work. After @ bandsome eulegy on the candidates, he proceeded to +pem of the platform lately adopted by the Cincinnati Convention, and said the principles cf the democracy of Massachusetts wore the same precisely with the prin- ciples of the democracy of South Carolina. A democra eculd pags from one section of the Union to another— trom the South to the North, or from the North to the South—and carry his principles with him. Could any other parties aay as much? Mapy Vorcrs—"No,” “No.” Mr. D.— We have standard bearers who can defy the combined forces of the entire opposition, We have ail the ‘¢jems” now in a line, and we will rake them down to- gether. All ‘Iams’? were closely connected, and in Il- Iinofs he thought they were the true Siamese twins, 80 closely do they stick together. Our platform tells you that resistance to the Jaws is treason, and that trea- son shall be rebuked. The democracy uphold the Jaw in Kaneas, while the negro worsbippers, who do not like the law, are for shooting down the cflicers. This was the whole Kansas difficulty. Law on the one side, and Jawless violence on the other. As it is the right cf the majority to make the law, soare the minority bound to obey the law. This is the univer- tal principle of every free government, But the Kansas taws are not the first laws resisted by these negro worthippers; the fugitive slave law had been resisted by them also, and because it required the slaves to be returned to their masters. If there were holes enough in this law to let all ihe runaway negroes drop through, then would they regard it as the holiest law on the statute book. But as the constitution provides for the reiurn of fugitives, it is the constitution that there worthies object to. Did you ever know a criminal who approved of the Jaw he wantonly violated? The triumph of the democracy would be so complete, raid Mr. D., that bistory would hardly record the name of the opporition candidate, He meant the black republi- can candidate, for the Kxow Notbings he considered dead. They had no show in the Keystone State—the home of Bucbanan; New York was aroused, and her no- ble sons were arming for the contest. Masrachusetts too would not be found wanting; while New Hampshire, the Star in the East which bas never set—the home of Frank- In Pierce—would lead the ven. Here the speaker paid a high compliment to Mr. Pierce ard his a¢ministration, #nd closed by urging ‘ Union for the sake of the Union.” Mr. Douglas bavirg concluded, amid prolonged cheering, the President announced that a procession would then he formed to proceed to the President’s mansion to give him enade. This was received with evident disratis- faction by many who were expecting to hear something from Mesers. Stanton, Cobb, Seward of Ga., Rust and others who were present. Nor did it seem meet that at a ratification meeting no one should speak but the de feated candidates, The procession, however, was formed and proceeded in order to the White Houre, numbering rank and file near five thouran¢. The Presi¢ent appeared at one of the up- per winde ws of the mansion, and rald:— I congratulate you, my fellow citizens, upon the ooca- tion which brings you here, avd] indulge the eonfident hope t'cat the joy with which yen hail the harmorion anc + rsnimous result of the deliberations at Cincinnat' msy be strengthened and deepened by the ratifying voices of our countrymen. It ia pleasant to realise that, how- ever other parties may be divided and distracted, there is nothing with us but union cf purpcese, and will be nothing but uniop in action, Frem this hour to tha when the polls will be opened in November, ail prejndioes #4 personal srimorities among those who should cultivate wutval regerd and afford mutual support will be laid aside May even meferences which may have existed in ou‘ renbe are alreaéy no lorger remembered. The pre- fererce of every friend in this crisis who cares more for the country than ter himself, devoticn to the cause and Ab arrest euppert of the stendard bearers who are to lead us through thegreat struggle, will be the eontroll- ing renfiment of the democracy, North and South, Fast nro West, We ere all, 1 am sure, quite sincere in our convistions that not only the prosperity of this republic, tut the perpetuity ¢f thie blersed Upiow, depend essen- tislly upon the vindication xd maintepanee of the prin- ciples declared by the recent Convention. But these Principles can be vindicated snd sustained only by con- certed action, and that can only be secared by org zation, Hence fidelity to this organization asd its useges becomes, like fidelity to peinciples, a car- anal virtue. The latter cam only be manifested and made effectual through the former. My friende w'll have duties to perform in the canvass which my po-it on a'cre will prevert me from attempting to fy fi! in persons It ta never to be forgotten by me that in elghteen hundred and fifty-two oléer and better aoldiers—(ories from the maultitade, “not better”’)—thaw myself, ir. Bueban: aad Mr. Caes, men who had been faithful andtried leaders through many years of labor and conflict, were parsed by to call me from the retirement which I hnd sought, and to which Esha) return witho>t regret. May I not d, gentlemen, if life be spared Ishallgo baci to the State of my birth with » conscioumess of having adopted no ringle measure of public policy during my adminis. tration which I did not believe to be demanded by the bert interests of my country, nox one which does no! to- night ecmmand the approbatton of my jxdgmen‘and my conscience, The conduct of thove older and better sol diers of whom I have spoken, and of the younger but nevertheless better soldier, Judge Douglas, who I em gladfito see now otanding by the great and good man, General Oags, who for so many years hae had not merely toy confidence and respect, but my affection, will neve cease to be gratefully remembered by me. They were all in the field, not merely to encourage and Girect, but ac tually to lead the columns. Their energies were not pa forth because the standard was in my bands, bu because {ts bearer was, in their estimation, for the time being the impersonation of those sound coustitutional prinsiples which they believed could alone give statility and permanence to this glorious fabric of Cur institutions, Iv is cheering to know that the action of the late Convention p acos the statesmen and patriots who are to Jead us now upon the ideatical platform which l aceepied, with full conviction of my judgment ar? with every sentiment of my heart, and that they are to. cupy it with the standard lowered aever an inch, 60 fac as the strict construction of the constitution and the vindication of the constitutions rights of every portion of the Union are concerned. Much and justly as we admire the patriotiem attainments and private virtues of our standard bearers, there will be nothing like man worship in this contest. Men beccme comparatively insignificant, except as in. struments, when great priucipies and the vast interests cfacountry like ours are involyed. There will be, on your part, no appeal to unworthy passions, no inflamma- tory calls {for @ second Revolution, like those which are occasionally reported as coming irom men who kave received nothing at the hands of their go- vernment but protection and political blessings; no Ceslaration of resistance to the laws of the land, no Invoeation to the shedding of blood, by thos who have bad none to shed when our countrymen have stood face to face with foreign foa#. Bat the issue will eummon you to a calm, earnest struggle for the con- stitution, and consequentiy for the Usion, You will bear yourselves like men determined to cling to that sound instrument as the only security from general wreck and the only reiuge from universal ruin. Men who feel and act with you will ciirg to it with pa- triotic wisdom and steady fortitude, and they will cefend it, it need be with, heroic valor against all as- seults from without or from within. That » signal triumph awaits you in such a cause I entertain no doubt. It, as I fully believe, our fathers were not only guarded and sustained through the changing scenes and struggles of the Revolution, but were inepired afier its cloze to devise and adcpt this constituiion by Omnipotent Power, we may repose upon an humble but unwavering faich that that Power will not permit the madnees of their ebildren to destroy {t. Accept, gentlemen, my bext wishes tor you, collectively and individually, and my thanks for this gratifying call. The meeting then adjourned. Senator Douglas addresses the citizena of Philadelphia on fuesday evening, in response to an invitation, BOSTON. Boston, June 7, 1856. The Cincinnati ncminations were ratified with great display by the proprietors of the Times ne wapaper, this evening. The building was illumiaated, a band of music was in atterdence, and many speeches were made, A large crowd gathered together aud loudly cheered the demonstration. The Demceratic Ward and Couaty Committees held meetings last evening and took preliminary steps for a grexd Buchanan and Breckenridge ratification meeting, in Faneuil Hall, at an early day. WORCESTER, MASS. SERIOUS CASUALTY AT WORCESTER, MASS. Worcuster, Mass., June 7, 1856, Lawrence McCleary was instantly kitled in this city last evening, by the premature discharge of a cannon, with which some friends of Mr. Buchanan were firing a falute on the Common. A Jad, named George Williams, ‘was severely wounded in the arm, foot and face; and a Mr. Bartlett had bis thumb badly torn. BELLOWS FALLS, VT. Betiows Faris, Vr., June 7, 1856. The nomination of Buchanan and Breckenridge is hailed bere with great enthusiasm by the democracy. To-day they fired a national salute in honor of the event. OSWEGO. Osweco, June 7, 1858. One hundred guns were fired here to-day in honor of the nominaticn of James Buchanan. DETROIT. Derrorr, June 7, 1866, ‘there is great rejoicing here in consequence of the nomination of Mr. Buchanan. The cemocrats have fired 100 gurs, PITTSBURG. PrrtseerG, Pa., June 7, 1866. The nomination of Mr. Buchanan was received here with universal joy. One hundred guns will be fired on Wonday, ecmmemorating the event. At Alleghany City en immenee ratification meeting is being held, Attempt to Resuscitate the Whig Party, LETIER FROM JUDGE BATES, OF MISSOURI. The Palmyra Whig contaics the follewing letter from Jucge Bates. It was called forth by the invitation of a number of gentlemen of Marion scunty, Mo., soliciting him to attend a whig meeting, in Palmyra on the 28th of June, ard to address them, St. Lovis, May 22, 1856, GENTLEMEN, FRIENDS:—I have this moment received your kind Jeter, daied yesterday, inviting me to meet the whigs of Marion in Convention st Palmyra, on Satur- day, the 28th of June. It did my heart good te receive that letter. The very fact of the meeting of s whig Con- vention is arignof gocd for our country and for our- telyes, ond I bail it as an cmen of the revival aud rapid restoration to bealth and vigor of the true and fatthful whig party, the only party in the country that ia at once round and moderat its a rudent and conservative in its counsels, and broad and national in wn tem soe with the da; inted, you may be om not with you on the day appointed, you that Iam prevented by some orarraliig necessity, If free, as I hope to be, i willsure y If in the luxury of that meeting. The nation cannot do without the wh'g party, Whe- jority or a minority, it is still the vernment; and without its steady- {pg influences all the other parts of the engine will jar and jolt’un'il they are broken into fragments. We have unwisely allowed ourselven to be confounded and ge by the sudden growth ofthe American and republican parties. Iam fully perenaded that they are bevh cestined to w short career of prosperity, and that if the wbig party will only keep itself organized and in battle array, it will be the dominant perty in the couniry betere the end of the year 1857. Here we are not wholly devoid of the reviving spirit. Some of ua will soon put forth a short address, with our pames to it, andi am glad that our friends in Marion take the lead, by being first to call a meeting and begin- ning the gocd work. thank you, gentlemen, for your invitation, I will certainly avail myself of It, if not otherwise urgently on- gaged, Your friend and obedient servant, WARD BATE3, City Inteligence. PanrioaTion MretixG.—The two committees from Tam- mepy Halland Stuyvesant Institute intend uniting in holding ® grand ratification mass meeting, in the rark, on Wednerday afternoon, at six o’clock, to respond to the nominations of Buchanan and Breckenri¢ge. &ra1ve oF Wasmxaton oN Usion Squarm.—An eques | trian statue of Washington, in bronze, is now in the pro- cess of erection on Union square. It is to beabout fit; feet trem the base of the pedestal to the top of the head, The figure itself will be fourteen feet high. Washin; is reprenented an seated on his war horse, with his right band extended. It will cost about $27,000, There in to be no parade about its inauguration, as it is to be qui- etly put up under cover; and some fine morning the iv- habitants of that part of the city will wake up and find the statue all completed. Naval Intelligence. ” The United States storeship Retief, Lieut, commanding 3. W. Cook, with cat for the squadron, sailed from Rio Janeiro previous to 18th April, for Montevideo, to meet be Untied States (gate Savannab. Soe: ev at enter Lone, ar. ee reek toe be \ ( Brooblyn City Intoiligence THE MURDEK IN PROSPECT STRERT—INVESTIGATION BEFORE CORONYR HANPORD AND A JURY. Congaer Hantord investigated the circumstances attend- ing the death of Catharine Butler, at ber late residence, corner of Pronpect and Nowy streets, yesterdey, before the following jery Rendolph Park ieaor, Jobn Perrinberg, John Vocrbies, T Thoms Saunders, Gisbert Valentine, Jones A. Prdsal.. say ‘The following evicevee was taken :-— Dr. Philip C, Beeck testified that he made» post mor- tem examinaticn siong witlr Dr. Gray, and fcuad’ eon- sicerable bruises on the neck, shoulder, biys ano legs of ceceured; also @ wourd sbout 134 Inch longon the back of the bead, apparently caused by a blunt weapon; Ouremovicg the scalp we found considerable extrava- uted blood, caured by the bruines between taesexip and the bone; there were other bruiees on the top of the houd; on removing the ekull we found between three and four ounces of coegulated blood between the membrane anc the brain on the right side; after removing it we found a large ruperficial vein had beeu ruptured and caused this effusion; we found no fracture of the skull, Tupture wan caused probably by the blows on tbe head; the immediate cause of the death waa this effusion cf blood o the brain, thereby eaveing depression; we found her other organs heatth Dr. Wm. H, Van Duyne, 31b Gold atreet—I was at the post mortem examination, | have heard the testimoay of Dr. Beeck, and oorraborate it. Wn. J. K. Butler (a boy abcut eight years of age) testi- fied that he 1 the #on of Jeremiah and Catharine Batler; was st home yesterday morniag; tather oat to the houre night itefore betwéen 21 ano 12 0’clock; mother was bed, and he drew her from behind the ded oy the hair, and kroeked her im the side and on the head; be then pnt her on thechair aad threw water over her, and threw her cowa agsin end kicked her agein because she would not aperk; he said, “Catharine,” and sho did net wake up; he tied me to the bod, and then he weat for a doctor, !and stayed away the whole night; before he went he untied me, ard my mother spoke tome sndtold me to get two yillows, one tor her and oue for me; sbe was lying on the floor at this time; he had previcusly kicked her dur- ing the day; wo went to the City Hall that day an ino lawyer would apeak to her; after I ave her the pillow she aked me where father had gone: ! said for a doctor. and the said, “cevil doctorjhim;” I then went to sleep and woke up in the morning, when father came with the doc- tor; my mother was lylog on the floor; joctor exam- ined the cut to see how deep it was, and said it waa down to the bone; father raid a hair pin cut it; the doctor cidn’t know any better; mother looked as if she was esleep; they went away to get another doctor and they tha not come back; two of the neighbois #tayed with mother ti'! she died; 1 went after a coctor to tha Station house, shout eleven o’clock, and when J came back my mo-her war Cead; Foaw father bad nothing in his hand; ho had heavy boots on; when he sat her in the chair the bloc d was coming out of the wound on the back of her head, Catherine MeClune—- Knows decezaed and her husvand; ‘Iwas just about getting up when Mrs, Bugby came for me and 1 came over; there was nobody here but Batler acd Dr. Duff, who was probing the wound, she was lying on the floor insepatole and in the agonies of death; i wan between 8 and 9; tbefwound was in the baok of the head; the wound appeared to be an old wound; it appssred to Butler wanted to get the doctor to say she was crunk: I saw Catharine frequently the two days provious, and she was perfectly sober; I remained with her yester- Gay til she ated; it was about ten minutes to 12 when rhe diet; 1 have never ceen Batler strike his wife, but I have seen her very much disfigured; sometimes she got crunk; at other times would be steady for a considerable time; have frequently seen Butler drunk, Buran Buckley—Resides in the same house; have never seer Butler strike his wife, but bave heard hit frequent- ly; have seen her bruleed from thore beatings; I aaw hia surike her last Sunday; can’t say what it was with; it was a decanter or something of that sort; he satrucx her en the head, and she came to me and showed me the ‘ump, which was on the top of her bead; it was not cut; about ll o’clock night before Iast heard him talking loud, ard Billy erying, Oh, father, don’t kill mamm: heard a beavy fali; Tcame down to the door, and heard her crying snd moaning; afterwards heard him scolding anc calling her names, and telling Bulyfhe wou'd kill him itghe told of it; he sent his boy to call me down about 8 o'clock yesterday morning, because ahe was sick: TF came down, ard found ber lying on the floor insensibe; there was no bodyelce there them; he said, ‘Here, this damned thing hus fallen out of bed, and out her 3? went for Mrs, McGiune, anc when J returned Butler and Dr. Daff were there; the Doctor'was probing the wound; [ remained till she éfed; can’t say when it was; think i: was about two hours after | was called; Butler and Dr. Duff went cff tegether. ‘The jury tock a recess til! 1 o'clock, when Dr. Duff was sworn, He testified that be resides at 194 Bridge street; was ied to attend decesred between eight and nine o’ctock lay morxing, by Mr. Butler: foucd her laboring uncer comprestion of the brain, from, as I sup- pesed, the rupture of a biocd vessel in the brain; I belleve I stated so to Mr. Butler: found a tcalp wound an inch snd a half long on the right side of the back part of the head; there were some sight contusions near the right shoulder; consideraole ewel'ing about the neck, prcbably caused’ by interrup- tion of the circulation; saw no marks of violence on the peck; id nothing for her; thought it was no use; ex- amined the weund ard found that the skull was not fraciureé; I thought she would die; called about three hours after, and che was dead; when Butler first called on we he stated that his wife had fallen out of bed. and, as he supposed fallen on shair pin and cut ber bead; he wanted me to dress it, and stated that she was an habitual drunkard; he endeavored to make we believe tha had received her ixjuries by falliog while drun i the wound must have been infle ed by some blunt in- strunent very recently: a hair pin could not have made the wound; the beel of a boot malght. The jury then retired and brought in theverdict that “the cecensed came to her death by compressfon of the brain, produced by violence on the part of Jeremiah Butier.”” The prisoner was brought before Justice Smith yanter- éay afternoon, and waiving an examination, was commit. ted to jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. AcODENT AT THK Navy Yarp.—Yes'erday, at the Navy Yard, while two men, (carpenters,) names not yet known, were engaged in scoring a piece of timber, and when in close proximity to each other, the axe of one of the workmen stuck fast in the weod, and in stooping to clesr it, the axe of hia co-laborer struck him in the fore- bead with a glancing blow, chipping off a part of his scalp, with a thin piece of the skull, about an inch square. Dre. Smith and Patterson were immediately sent for, and gave him their attention, The wound was securely stitched and bandaged in abont half an hour, the patient exhibiting throughout the whole time the utmost oool- ers and fortitude. After the operation was completed, 6 immepiately wrote out, himself, » telegraphic despatch 10 hie friends concernirg the event. Srvck by LiGHryinG.—On Tuesday evening, about 10 o’cloek, the old hospital in the Almshouse yard, at Flat- bush, was struck by ligntning on the end next the main building. The electric fluid was attracted by a rod which supported a vane but which, unfortunately, terminated ‘a few feet below the roof. The current then broke off in two different directions, the one stream passing directly down the gable end ot the building, shattering the weather boardirg and carrying the pieces a considerable ¢istance, whilst almost every pane of giass in the windows waa broken to pieces. The other current passed through the building, tearfog in its course the plastering from the walls, and the bese boards from the rocma through which it passed, and smashing the windows in the other end of the house. Fortunately ro one was hurt, although the escapes were narrow. In the first room it entered two of the inmates were in bed, and the flufd passed Immediately beneath one bed, and running along the floor tore the heel from a shoe and passed through the wall close beside the pillow of the other inmate. The damage done will not amount to much more than $150 or $2C0, ‘Tue Recertion or Mittarp Firtwors,—The Brooklyn Common Gouncil at their last meeting adopted a reso- lation tendering the use of the Governcr’s Reom in the City Hall, for the reception of Millard Fillmore, on his retuin from Kurope, and appointed the following com- mittee to superintend the arrangements: Aldermen Van Brent, Fancher, Pell, Woglom and Capwell. Noexpense is to be incurred on the part of the city. Fata, ACCIDENT ON THE RAiLRoAD.—Tuesday morning a young man named Miehael Welsh was crushed so severely between two cirt cars, on the railroad, in Atlantic street that he died almest instantly thereafter. It appears he jumped on board and ‘ell between them. Officer Boyd ‘cenveyed the doy to the depot, where an inquest was held by Cororer Recdipg, and a verdit of ‘ Death from acciéent, was renderec. The railroad company was re- Heved from a.] blame. Sait Boat Carsizep.—A sail boat at anchor off Fort Hamilton was capsized during the storm on Tuesday evening. Two rons of Hon. H.C. Murphy, and two lads named Thomas Halsey and Newton Sweeney were in the t at the time, Sweeney became entangled in the and was drowned. The others were taken up by hich sent a yawl to their re! @he get A of Muste, At @ meeting of the stockholders of the Academy of Music, held on the evening of May 31, at the saloon of the Academy, Mr. Charles A. Davis was chosen Chair- man, and F. Skidéy, Secretary. Toe minutes of the last meeting, held on the evening of May 24, were read and approved. ‘The printed report of the Executive and Finance Com- wittee of the 26°h of May, of which s copy had been sent to each stockholder, waa then read by the Chairman, and the hae ak of reHeving the Associatron was discussed by most of the members present, and the proposition adopted. On motion of Mr, W. H. Paine Resolved, That the stockholders be notified that a loan of 9125 on each ebare of stock Is Leg in the present exigen- mookbolders unant consent, ‘within the period ment 1, of that measures be taken te effect @ gale of the cor. Herts (or payment of the debia. a Thetthe orocaedi-oacf hig mpeting he printed, day porare pt AFFAIRS IN EUROPE. Our London, Paris, Berlin and St. Petersburg, Correspondence, bY ae. Gar London Correspondence. Lonpon, May 22, The Seoret Ticaties Declaration of Lord Palmerston tw the House of Commons Keeling in England on the Haliaw Question— Postion of the Lvitish Government with Ree gard to Sardinia Defined—Dstut of Peceolimi at Har Mojesty’s Theatre, dic., he. The report that abotier secret treaty exiated, in addi- tion to that of the 15th ct April, bus led to » questionte, and reply from, Lord Palmeraten. He has distinctly de nied the existence of any other treaty, It was seriously hinted, on the cne hend, that Austria had succeeded im obtaining a treaty guaraniceing to her the possession of der Italian provinces, whilst on the other it waa said Sarcipia had concluded s treaty ouite in a contrary ruse. It Ja quite evident that popular feeling in Fogland is im favor of Italy, and anti-Austrian; but the conclusion that the English goveromeat would cupport a movement im Italy oguinet Austria is erroneous. On this point Lor@ Pamerston explained bimself at somo length the other night. He said that it was quite trae that the English government entertained retations of the most friendly nature with Sardinia; ‘but,’ he added, “as to having formed & soaret agreement to revolutionize Italy aud overthrow the governments of the ciiferent Ttahen States, was a snpposition without the lightest 1866, {uodation—an accusation without the shadow of a cause.” Palmerston, however, added, that on the other hend, Sardinia would be p-otected against tack, any foreign at- ‘Surely, he said, when @ conntry like Piedmont nd enters bodily into » war with id England against « common *nemy, there are tions of honor and friendship which tacitly in- Ply that if Pisdmont should ever be threatenad by am enemy, it has juat claims to the protection of England and France; but, he continued, it never entered into the winds ct Engiand or Franca tkat this honorable alliance funded ox good faith and for ® noble purpose, ahon’1 #erve to enab’e Piedmont to undertake an aggressive ¢-» rade egeinst wny other State. Palmerston then den'wi that the treaty of the 15th April guarantead in any m+ ner tho Austrian poseessions ia Italy; that it git sy , meant the integrity of the Uttoman Empire. Palmers‘on wound up with a eulogy on the noble ox- amrle of Piedmont to other States of Italy. Pegcolimi makes her début at Her Majesty’a theatrs to- morrow bight. ‘The arrival of the North Star is telegraphed at Son a- smptoa, @ur Parts Correspondence, Panis, May 17, 1856. The Ualian Question—Napaleon Bent upon Re-cstablishina French Influence im laly—Private Letter from the Pove to the French Emperor-—Slavish Obsequiousness of thé Corps Legislative A Glaxce into the Future—Cloe Ream tons 0f the Austrian azul French Courts— Restoration of the Duc de Reichstad’s Remains to Franes—Ristori, dc. The Italian question is still the great topic of interest. It begins to be well understood, of course, that the Sar- divisn manifesto, fervid and enthusiastic as it is, is sim, ply an “aside” of the great conferential drama recently enacted at Paris. The part of every actor has been daly assigned. Before an expression was suered to be em- bodied in the protoeola it was weigho?, sifted and win- nowed with scrupulous care; aud whon the urtain fall ia France, the manner in which the afterpiece shon!i be performed in Sardinia was not less scrupulously provided for. It was my good fortune in my letters, written in the early part of April, to be able to inform your readers, from sources of a peculiar character, of the tone Italiam affairs were sssuming. They will recollect, perhaps, that ina letter of the 7th ultimo I gave the heads of a conver- sation said to beve taken piace in the imperial cabine between the representative of Sardinia and Napoleon and I repeated subsequently some remarks whioh fell trom bis Mejeaty expreseive of his deep sympathy, at a private cicner at the Turlenes. The Sardinian note has in every respect corroborated that {nformation, In the weentime, the difficulty is to fethom the plans of those important perscnages who, though remote from. he ecene, are the active ma: of the bighly drama- tic entertainment now afforded by the government of Sar- dinia, The burning denun ms against Papal govern- ment, against Austrian ix(uence and deadly tyranuy, are tco measured, too exact and just not to have been permitted. The Aulic Council and the conclave must alike have bad the rongh notes before them, exe the ipsissima verla, uow before the whole world, was in type. Neither individuals ror governments. are so good tempered as to permit themselves to be visited with hard language, any more than hard blows, without the prospect of revenge or aa emollient platster. ‘The former is naturally out of the question, with the ink searcely dry on @ treaty of peace, but there is no reason why the latter should not be scorned, ‘Abuse me” raya Austris, “hold me up to shame and reproach before the civilized world, cn account of Italy. God knows our exchequer shows the ruinous cost that country haa devolved upon me. Justify me in the eyes of all men, by stating the demoralizing effest of Austria's occupation and rule in Italy, for quittirg it entirely, and it will do #0, Seculsrize, coce-Napoleonize the Legations, Bona- partize the Pontificate, but give me the entire control o¢ the Danubian Princtpalities, the Bessarabian frontior, the bank of the Danube.’’ Improbable as all this may seem, the very intimate re- lations now cultivating between France and Austria jua- tifies the suspicion that there is something of the kind in the wind. Napoleon is bent upon regaining that influ- ence in Italy which the events of 1814 deprived France of. He is bent, also,on making a grazd arsenal at Al- giers. In his secret heart he knows that the Turk must thoroughly charge his whole character—must, so to speak, again enter his mother’s womb and be born again —ere he can be of any real use in the European family. Austria, with the Danubian Provinces, will have ber owm interest in obeoking the encroachment policy of Russia, should {t again recur, and France will be at perfect liber= ty to pursue her designs in the Moditerranean, securing the firmest ally in Sardinia, Six weeks ago I stated that there was a most {mport- ant secret treaty, the exsot purport of which the world would probably not be informed of for years. I find @ notion prevailing in well informed circles that its object is to the effect I have now hinted. The Pope is said to have written a private letter to Napoleon, im which sentiments are expressed by no moans repugnant to those in the Sardinian note, and that, without an inkling of this fact, the Piedmontese government would not have ventured to utter the strong language It has. Pius the Ninth, notwithstan¢ing the fatlures of his early schemes of reform, has never relinquished the hope o, doing something forthe regeneration of the Legations® and, supported by France, is still ready to beard all the indignation and prejudice of the besotted priests by whom he 1s surrounded. Private letters whieh I have seen from Turim, trom Rome and Naples show that the effect produced on the population by the language of the Pied» montese government has raived hopes which, if not satis- fied, may make the whole of italy @ voleano of too intensely an eruptir ¢ven for such wise men. aa the Pl tng dint late Parisian Conference ‘haracter, 8 of the tphit abrosd, which Napoleon may @nd troablesome. 1> deal with. For instance, the language of the roport main by the committee of the Tagisiaaive body granting © credit of 400,000 francs for the expenses of the taptiemal fee of the Prince Imperial has drawn ‘orth anything but courtly observations. It is not that the amount is objected to, for on this head all shades of politicians seem to be agreed, that mo money is better spent than on such ceossions; that in filling the capital with foreigners and with Freachmen from. the De- partments, the town is not onlyreimbursed in ite expendi- ture, but that its character tor benaty and pre-eminence ever every other city in the world is thus maintained. But the fulsome style of the larguage of the Lagisiativs body is said to be equal to the most subservient times of the first Fmpire, when Napoleon tue Pirst had, by hie consummate polfey and victorious eareer, eaured all mea. to De him with bated breath. “Hailed at bis birth,” enya this slavering, dine course, “by cannon which the North to the Scath proclaimed the success of owr arme—the King of Romer had not even the fortune to serve his country. But now: has come one of those solemn days when the birth of ons... must be regarded as the salvation of all. The ohild of France appears now to give to ns, as to funre Lee tions, right Gaccinue ‘ing im our taternal home,’ The Emperor, become arbiter ‘of Far had rig: that generous peace which, by unitior, the p-odnot’ force of na is the allianse of peop'wa as mio vas thay, ot kings, when it a God to crown his bappiaeas aud at the same time his glory.”” to be hoped that the Emp stor #1! s9n'sivn ta kaw A staady inver euch 3 ahowe ogee pre 66 ale be Ome Boker see