The New York Herald Newspaper, December 9, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1856. NEW YORK HERALD. JAMB? GOKDON BENNETT, SDITOR AND PROPAITOR, OFFICE WH. W. CORNER OF NASSAU AND PULTON STE. biy Atm adecarce OED 2 cents per copy, $T ner BEKLY HERALD, ety | chins as ee wage er Wiper annum; Thc Lurepean ebicion, WA per-enmurm, - FGreat Britwin, or ‘aity part ef tes Consinen, stage. Ne. 48 AMUPEMENTS THIS © MIPLO'S GARDEN, Brootway—M. Taavenee's Tweuren Been: ery—*r, Mane—Peven Wrere. BOWERY THEATRE, ¥oR NEW THEATRE. Broadway -cpponde done st. wae ney Wroses or Wows invee Scan Toomss WALLAOK’S THE. ATRE, Sroatway—OrneLLo—Wrren ey Winpesuahe. pLAURA KPRNE'S THEATRE, 614 Breadwar—Youe Maw Yous—rucone Love. OHAMERBS STREST THEATRE, (Late Buron's)—Oston —Suawo Rovaupia— Sas, 7 19 P62 NOTHING. AMERICAN MUSSUM, Sroadway.—After- <LWORTK—-AWaY WIRH MekATCHOLY. Byening BAVADWAY VARUWCPEBS, 472 Breatway—Tus Firise DevewMay--NAN, CER GOOD-FOR NoruING. @20. 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Ievusroo1—o. ¥ Coupel sircet, Lnvexroot—Join Honter, oN Exchange sireet, Fast ‘The contents of the Heropean edition of the Gmasip will embrace the pews received by mail and telegraph a: the fice during the previous weex, and to the hour o! publi- eation. ~The News. ‘The-steamship Atlantic, which left Liverpool on the 26th vlt., had not arrived ¢} the time of our geing to press this morning. She may arrive at a@ny moment now, #s sbe is fully due. Foe priac'pal topic of disenssion in both bran che ef the national Legislature yesterday was the Presir dent's Message. In the Senate, after the election of | America is the successtul British expedient of Mr. BAY as Chaplain, Mr. Bigier entered upon a de. fence of the President. Bie to the policy of Mr. Buchsteg, be stated that the people of Kansas must settle wwe question of slavery for themseives. In toe Heuse the debaie was on the same subject, und was extremely an’, mated. Elsewhere will be foand s letter frem the Hon. R. J. Walker, on the subjec: of the Seuthern Pacitic Railroad and the monster swindle before Congress. News from Vera Crnz, Mexico, t» the 16th Nov., bas been received at New Orleans. Commuication between Vera Cruz and the interior was nearly suspended. The siege of Puebla still continued. Our Gueyama, Porto hico, correspondent, writing en November }0, states that che cholera pad aimos disappeared from che island. Ponce suffered severe- ly, and the want of laborers was feit. Refreshing yains had bencfitted the sugar cane. The Board of Aidermen met last evening, but nothing of particular importance took place beyond the appointing of an iavestigating committee to in- quire into the condition of the books, &c., in the oftiee of the Commissioner of Streets and Lamps, and the concarrence of the Board with the Board o/ Councilmen in the matter of cleaning the streets by contract. inthe Board of Ceuncilmen the reception of a few reports and petitions occupied the at- tention of that body. The Representatives of the ice Department of this eity beid their anneal meenng Iast evening, for the election of officers and to bear the reports of the ‘weasurer and trustees. There was quitea large atten" dance, and a good deal of excitemect prevailed during the evening. The proceedings are given else- where. The Aso the Poor Leld the evening. Their annua jou for Improving the Condition of thiteenth publie meeting lust report contains some very interesting (acts and statisties in relation to pauper fan in this city. The association consider ‘odie @riminate alme-giving a grestevil. A full report of the meeting will be found in asotber colamn. In the case of the crew of the alleged slaver Panchite, uncer trie! in tre United States Distri Court, fer serving on ard of that vessel, the Jndge charged the jury * there wis not sall e pris. uers, they which they a t legal te Jd render a ver dic nvic tof a iy cid. ‘The cvew were maialy Spavish and Portuguete. in the Court of General Sessions yesterday the eounee! fr Wil and others implicated im tre eclectic in the Picst ward, moved fora postpanen.en' which bad been caded ap for trial. The granted. The Union mpa-y of Brooklyn pre-ent- ard of a lest even- discontinue the rnoning of ty, which the; the Roosevelt street ferry other ferries, and tha® pab seuniary considerations de- as an equivalent for the he vats from Roose y they ore wildng to retarn to yetem on the Paltom ferry. A meeting of two bnnd:ed clergymen took place at Boston yexterday, at which a resolution was adopted deoiaring (ha! emigration to Kansaa was an agent of wonderful eMciency in the expansion of freedom, education, and the institations of the Goepel. A serious railroad collision occurred last evening at Alliance, Obio, by which 10 persons were killed and several wounded. The trot between Lancet and Brown Dick, in har- ness, for a sake of four thousand dollars, took place yesterday, on the Centreville Course, Long Island The race was won easi'y by Lancet, in three straight heats. The time made was nothing re farkable, and did not quite come up to the expec Gations of the gblic, who were omder the im pression that this won'd be toe quickest trot of the meeron. The figures are 2:33-22:34—2:38, The sales of cotton yesterday embraced abont 1,800 bales at full prices Middling uplands were a 12}c., and Orlews do. at L2fe. Grades above mid. @ing cloved at firmer rates than were carrent be fare the receipt of the Arabia's nevs. Flour was rather more active, with a fair demand from the home trade and for export, at fuil . expecially for cemmon State, Western and superfine brands. ‘Wheat was quiet, firm and in good demand, with fair salen, closing at a slicht advance in some des criptions. Corn was qitiet, with limited sales at J2c, for Western mixed and at 73c. for Southern ag Rye was quiet at 0. Pork waa firner, with light wiles of off and new mess at $19 124 $29 26 and ot £19 7] a $19 50, Lard was firm at 1%6., with free aales ‘reported for futare delivery at law. welt street they the comm: tation Sugars weer 214 boxes on terms stated elsewhere. Coffe was in moderate demand at unchanged rates. lreights were rather iuimyy soc Bog teh, with mod» ate cm eeaemonis. fined to about 199 hhda and More Patchwork Central Amurican Dipte- macy-The True Policy—A General New York Directory. Accerding to eur yesterday’s telegraphic sdviees from Washington, the Executive govern- ment were about to lay before the Senate a new treaty from Mr, Delles with Bagland on Central American affairs. As far as its stipulations have been disclosed, this treaty eeems to be nothing ‘mere than a sort of appendix to the Clayton- Bulwer Convention. We hed supposed that the complications and agitations occasioned by this Clayton Bulwer concera were tending to the complete abrogation of all such entangling alliances, and that the settlement of the material difficulties on Central American affairs, lately pending between England and the United States, had been substantially accomplished in the re- cent diplomatic arrangements between Honduras and the British government. It may be, how- | ever, that the new English treaty of Mr. Dallas is but an elaboration of the said arrangements with Hondoras, ia the form of a specific agree- ment to them as between England and the United States. In any event, whether this new treaty shall prove to be nothing mere than the old treaty re- vamped and half-soled, like a second hand pair of boots, or whether it sball turn out a more com- prehensive thing wpon<he same general basis of and our own, tor the protection of the feeble States of Central America against the encreach- ing propensitics of both Joln Bull and Brether. Jonathan, we apprehend it will prove itself no- thing more than @ diplomatic Holy Alliance ebor- tion in the end. We never shail realize anything any such copartnersbip with Eogland. The Clay- ton-Bulwer experiment has given us abundent evidence upon this poiat. been quite sufficient here to demand an absolete dissolution of the copartnership, and a pertectly Mdependent system of relations between this country and the Central American States. There is something of coufessed weakness on our part, nd something of humiliation, in this pinning our Centrel American policy like a tail to the Eag- lish kite. We trust, therefore, that the Senate ewill reject this new and joint stock treaty with England, whatever it may be, and give the re- quired notice for putting en end to the Clayton- Bulwer concern, so that we may staod wholly independent ot England in reference to the Cen- tral American States. The true North American policy in Central the East India Company. That Company, from a small commercial establishment “on military principles.” has grown intoan empire, ia com- al, military and political importance. Jm- in imperio, 20 empire ia the shape of an h commercial company, it affords the swiftest, readiest and most effective plan for the Central America, and for the supremacy of our American commerce in both oceans, without either the embarrasements of foreign wars or di- plomatie squabbles with European Powers on our part. ‘The crude materials required for a great New York Central American Company exist in any quantity. All that is wanted is the chemical ess of crystal ion. Sue gold mines of ornia wnd Australia, end the tre- mendous impetus which they have given to the commercial and emigration movements of the world, have rend:zed those isthmus portages be- ween the Atiatic end Pacitie, from Tehuantepec to Panama, of the very bighest moment to our acitic and Gulf tade, and to the integrity of ur Pacific possessions. And this suggested New York Central America Company, on the general plen of the Britich East india Company, would swe us in Central America all the advoatages of eign jurisdiction, without either the expenses of a war of conquest, the delays of slow nego- as or the trickeries of English copartner- materials exist sufficient for nee of a New York consoli- petent for the immediate sab- iv and potitieal and commer- cial rol whole of that isthmas region terding chuaatepee down to Panama, We |nelude Tehuantepec and Panama because of and because in the nederation the reduction of a ate or two, more or less, is The materials we apeak ‘ { the Vonderbilt Steamship company. the George Law Steamship Compaay and the Morgan & Gerricon Company. The anion of these three cempenies, and their conso- dation ‘nto one, would instantly be equiva wnt to the reduction, occupation asd Anglo- ond management of the whole ed ompat of fifty thousand Sach ac y could p the Uni vols 6G States, for the exter of the area of Atglo-Amrrican enterprise o i ogreultnrel, mineral and commer- Mevcloped from Mexico to farther, bat that is far on-olidated company do the work of yo labor sys tem of the States will answer all the purp African slave labor. The government of the countries iavolved could be readily arranged upon a separate local basis whenever expedient, the whole, however, being under the snpreme management of the New York directory. The government at Washing: ton need not be compromised in the business at all; but when the work « enpation and Anglo- American political reorganization shall have been completed, all that our government will have te do will be to make a commercial treaty or two, giving us all the commercial and naval advantages of a sovereign of the soil, withou any of the cares, expenses or responsibilities tha would follow the cumbersome and incongraoa policy of annex At present the pos tagua is anomalons, ridiculous and eritical. stands, between Vanderbilt like a poor fellow jul three enemies shooting @ ition of Waiker in Nica He Morgan and Law the triangular fire o ws at each other—the three aspirants for the spoile of the Nicaragaa route occupying each & corner of the triaagle and Walker dodging about in the area which it encloses. A triangular war of this sort can only end like that of the Kilkenny cate—that | the mutual traction of the parties concerned. In the late battles ot Maseaya and € ala, for example, the Venderbilt party were detonated ; | hut the George Law party were plundered to | the extent of a serious defeat while the Morgan | party ew stained » all the men, ma- terials and einews of wer thue foolishly wasted in thie ridiontons triangular equabble, | We are clearly of the opinion—first, that th» honld rid ue of all en- tapgling weatice and Ucatral Amerwan atuauwy » dead lores in United States Senate a copartnership betweea the English government but deception and over-reaching trickery from} Our experience has de velapement ef the vast commereial resources of is, in | with England; and, secondly, that our rival Ca)ifornia steamebip [companies should form a gtand consolidated Central American Company, ard proceed te the conquest, occupation, govern- ment and developement of that whole region lying between Tehuantepec and Huasecualcos, in Mexico north and Panama south, including the Isthmus route at the northern and that of the southern boundary. This is a grand project; but it is entirely feasible. What is there to prevent its consum- mation? What Earopean Power would dare to interfere? A joint committee of three, covsisting of Mr. Vanderbilt, Mr. Morgen ond George Law, would be enough to initiate the onterprise. Who moves in the matter? This scheme is no Pacitic Railroad humbug, but a scheme which will pay rom the day-of its adoption; aad with its -oom- pletion it will cemmand tbe traftic and the tolls of the Atiantic-end Pacific oceans, and the riches of one of the richest agricultucal and minerel re- gions on the eerth, Who moves for this New York Central Amcrican Company, which shall eclipee the East India Company ef London én its commercial aad political power? It weuld be like adding two or three new Califernias wo tie trade of this metropolis, and in every respect the enterprise is.as feasible as a trip wp the Hadson. ‘The Finaneial and Commercial Prognect. A controversy is going on in certain quarters upon the question whether the United States are or are not in & prosperous financiel and commer- cial condition. On the one side it is ascerted that the couatry never was in 60 proaperous a condition as at present ; on the other, that at no former period were unprofitable enterprises and financial bubbles so plentiful or so flourizhiog. The advocates of these two theories are at logger- heads—quite unnecessarily, as it seems. A man who, in the face of increasing exports, winereased production, increased population, grow- ing cities, extended shipping, enlarged area of cultivation, amd expanded industry, coulu sbonestly believe that the material prospects of the ceuntry at large are unpromising, mast be insene. Prosperity, indeed, is almost a weak teem to express ¢he condition which the United *States sre approaching; for the nations of <he worki bave never seen such a spectacle before, and the terms whieh expressed the partial degree ot happiness they have enjoyed are inadequate to stand for thie, We have, in a word, everg- thing in our favor. Judging by the Presidential vote, it would appear that the country contains a population of over thirty millions of people. ur exports are, for the first time, in excess of our imperts; the world, so long our creditor, is our debter at last. In tonnage we have sur- passed Great Britain, and before long we shall have surpested England and all the rest of the world togetber. Our means of rapid internal in- tevcourse by vailroad—the veins and sinews of tre<le—execed in miles those of all the rest of the world. Every year, hundreds of thousands of acres of fice jandare added to the productive surface of the country. Our cities grow like fairy palaces: to-day a swemp or a marsh, to- morrow a clearance, next day a village, next a town: ¢he boy who bas shot snipe in the reeds by the pool has his warehouse or his factory on the spot when a map. Under such circumstances, to deny that ¢he country is well off, and likely to do still better, is simply ridiculous. But to infer from this prosperity that every fbosurd scheme, every ungound finsacial specula- tion, every reekless enterprise and every ill be- gotten and diskovestly managed coxporation is likely to succeed in gulling the public, and per- petuating its existence forever, is stik more ri- diculous. Financial bubbles are the peculiar fruit of prosperous times. It is only when men ate thriv- ing, and earning more than they spend, that they throw off the caution which is their safeguard against wild speculation, and ofier a bait to sharp- ers. In hard times, pradence rales, and then fancy stocks and sham companies have no chaace ; bet when plenty returns, the rogues who live by pluxdering workingmen of their earnings revive to activity, and a crop of mushroom enterprises of the mock auction stamp show their head in the financial world. It follows, as a matter of couree, that the period when unsound speculation is certain to be most rife is that which witnesses the healthiest expansion of legitimate trade And it procceds from this that the true couserva- tive—the true friend of the real interests of the country--is he who sets his face against such uo- sound speculation, and endeavors by his actions and policy to defeat its progress and repel capi- tal into the chanzel of Jegitimate trade, Bure bas been an effort made in certain cofempor ariee— unintentionally, doubt—to confuse matter, to jumble fancy stock ope- rations with the progressive industry of the country, and to make it appear that the lonest foe to the former was such an enemy to the lat- ter that it was proper to exult over his tempo- Evrors of this kind are happily g rarer as the © of finance g better uodersiood. Very few persons in commerce are unaware that Wall street has been turned into a vast mock auction, whieh is unhappily beyond the supervision of the police and the control of Moyor Wood: that many commodities which are dealt in there—in the shape of railroad and other stocks- are no more valuable and no more what they are represented to be than the pinclbeck watches of the Chatham street aueti rs are gold: that Sebuylers swarm, and mytous; that men of great reputed wealth, high character, Christian standing and extended fame may be heard lying at any bour in the day there, in order to sell theic worthless wares: and that nine-tenths of the en- terprises which ere pressed on the public, and pul in certain papers, avd impudently called “great national interests,” are in reality nothing reore than ewindles, which will some day burst up and go tothe doge. Very fortunate it is for simple people who have money to invest, that all | Wall street is not leagued in the bull conspiracy to cheat the public bo rue principle Lonny Agexts ix Wasttxerox.—One of our | Washington correspondents has written us 4 | faithful ond life-like sketch of the lobby agent system in the capital, classifying the operators | | and deseribing the characteristics of the se classes, We aeked a few days ago fora list of | the names of these lobby ayents. We have not yet got that liet, but when we do we shall puab- | lish it, In the meantime, the information | contained in the communication which we pub- | lish to day ie very acceptable and appropriate. | al The Pacific Railroad scheme is to be sprang | upon the Houre to-day or to morrow, and it is in- | teresting to know come of the means by which it | xpected to be got through. ‘The lobby infla- | connte for much, but we hope that thatinfla- | ce will not retain ite potency. [ia existence ie | rps oe ibe baled og cla | strains, there is a neat little theatre, at which the | proprietors, Messrs, We | <o good a thing of thi« | next year, on Broadway, near Prince street, a theatre for the same style ofentertainment, The | colored native American Opus flourishes like a | green bay tree# Both Wood asd Brekley have | The Public Amusements of New York from a J3usiness Point of View. The pres snt theatrical season is now full well advanced, ‘and we have thought it would be in teresting fo our readers to take a retrospective and proeiective view of the theatres, concerts, operas, we. &c., to see what has been doing, what is being done, what is going to be done, and how tlve cash accounts will probably ‘figure up. The public amusements of a great city are among its most important institutions. They as- sist m forming the mind of the young, either for goed or bad—they influence the trade of the me- twopolis—they give support, directly and indi- rectly, to thousands of worthy citizens and citi- zenesses—they attract strangers from all parts of the country—they make brisk traffic in dry goods, Opera cloaks, lorgnettes, ice cream, fans, jewelry, bouquets, bon Lons, liquor, oysters, hum- bags, and various other considerable and incon- siderable trifles. We have now about twenty places of public amusement, aristocratic and de- mocratic—good, bad, and indifferent. Among these we find an aristocratic Opera House, eight regular theatres, and two democratic Ethiopian Opera Houses holding theatrical licenses. Each ef these establishments has a style of entertainment particularly its own, and a regular paying au- dience, which is not often attracted to any other house. These theatres are nearly all new, and are the finest in the world; about two millions of doHars are invested in them, in buildings, lands, decorations, scenery, properties and costumes. The nightly expenses of the Opera never fall be- Jow one thousand dollars; those of the theatres will average three hundred dollars per night; and it is a remarkable fact that while actors’ salaries apd all kinds of labor have risen from thirty to one hundred per centum, the public has steadily resisted any attempt to increave the price of admission io the theatres. We have heard that ten years ago the joint salaries of the three most popular artists at Mitchell’s Olympic amounted to twenty-six dol- lars weekly. The same artists now could not be had for less than ten times that amount. The theatres have followed the up-town move- ment. But a short time ago the principal houses were the Park, in Park row, and the National, in Leonard street. Neither of those theatres now exist. Down town we have only the Chambers street theatre and the Broadway—the last named establishment being closed for repairs, Broad- way, between Howard and Amity streets, now presents one blaze of light on every evening. Here are seven theatres, all within a stene’s throw of each other, all new, or nearly se, and all making a tremendous display outside and in. Just now they take a great deal of money, and their prosperity will continue till after the holi- daye, when the hard times must come, with sleighing, balls, parties and other gaieties which divert the attention of the resident playgoers, while the influx of strangers does not commence wantil April, when there is another good season of two or three months, and then the season is over. During the hard times somebody must go to the wall, and we may have a smarh up on Broadway equal to that of the great bear of the Stock Exchange. The present season commenced auspiciously, and such is the cosmopolitan character of our po- pulation that the theatres suffered but little trom the excitement of the Presidential election. Max Maretzek was first in the field, opening the Academy for Italian Opera on the first of September, continuing through that month— being ruined, of course—snubbing the directors in his memorable speech—then being snubbed by the directors—then oing to Boston for three weeks, where he was ruined again— then coming back here, with M. le Count de Stankovitch as director—somebody ruined again, and the season to close on Wednesday, when the troupe go to Havaoa. As the Cubans have bad no Opera for three years, Max expects to get some of their doubloons, The career of this company is about at an end in New York : Thalberg and the Opera made too much luxury for the musical public, and it adhered to Thal- berg as the freshest novelty. Every little while somebody makes a great success in New York, and carries off loads of dollars, Ellssier did so, Jenny Lind did so, and now Thalberg has done #0, His enceess ie a pure art success, and he will leave an opening for a new Opera company, for which the materials ar at hand. Mme. d’Angri is one of the very finest lyric artists that has crossed the Atlantic. Mr. Maretzek is entitled to the credit of having given us two new operas— © La Traviata’ and “ L’Etoile du Nord” —a great achievement, which was not properly rewarded by the public. Ja the regular theatres Mr. Burton's new house threw open its doors to the public early in Sep- tember. Mr. Burton bad a powerful company and expended a large amount of money in stock- ing his theatre. His efforts were, and still are amply rewarded by the public. Mr. Wallack’s theatre was open during the summer, under the management of Mr. Stuart, and after a short re- cers, re-opened for the regular season under the same direction, Mr. Wallack having relinquished the house for one season, in consideration of w handsome bonus. Mr. Stuart immediately added some popular artists to the company, secured some attractive stare, and eo far his enterprise promises well. Miss Laura Keene opened bor new theatre-a benutifal little box—on tue seventeenth of November ; it has since been fall every vight, and from present appearances has a fine season before her, although she commenced rather late in the day. Niblo’s Garden is the only theatre that bas, so far, held ite popularity through all seasons, It has not been closed during the current year, and the Ravels have played a continuous engagement of three hun- dred nights., Thalberg has also given his con- certs here to admiring crowds. We shall soon bave the Boglieh Opera, with that charm- ing singer, Miss Louim Pyne. Mr. Brougham bas successtully conducted the Bowery theatre since July. He bas worked like a beaver— raised the character of the bouse—kept the au- dience in the highest spirits, and made, we should euppose, a considerable addition to hie bank ac count. The Chambers street theatre, late Bar- ton’s, has been well managed during the past two months by Me. BE. Eddy. In Broadway, where the Christy Minstrels so long sung their dualcet are all performed hy clever children. Tue {aod Marsh, bave made vey parpore to erec play new and beantifal theatres, wherein light pieces | and operas are given, in addition to the minstrel + of our colored brethren of the South. The American Masenm bas paseed into other hands since Pavnum'’s semaeh op. it ia well con + Guy, aid pays Abe opening of the Broad. way theatre, delayed by building in the vi- cinity, will shortly be announced. We trust that the manager will retrieve his losses, which have been severe enough “to weigh @ royal merchant dows.” In the matter of new plays, the extension of the copyright to dramatic authors has given quite an impetus to that style of literature, although but few of the new native productions have yet been placed -before the public. Mr. Brougham has brought out a larger number of new plays than any other manager, and among them a successful local comedy by Mr. Cornelius Mathews. Mr. Burton has given us “Self,” a comedy in three acts, by Mrs. Bateman; Mr. Stuart a five act comedy by Mr. Lester, and Miss Laura Keene, “Young New York,” a three act comedy, by Mr. Wilkins. The last named play, now in its third week, has had the longest run of any piece produced this season. We believe that this list includes all the original pro- ductions of native authors so far pre- sented. There are, however, a great many in the hands of the managers. They all have manu- script enough sent in to afford them pleasant read- ing by the domestic hearth for the next twelve- month. Mr. Burton has a new play, “ The Slave Actress,” underlined ; he has accepted a five act comedy, “Fascination.” Mr. Stuart has a new local comedy in three acts, and Mr. Brougham will shortly give us his first attempt at a roman- tic five act blank verse play, called “ All’s Fair in Love.” So there will be novelty enough for the next two or three months to come. New York is pretty well supplied with good ac- tors and actresses, as well as theatres and play writers. We have the finest actresses on the Eng- lish stage now here, in the persons of Miss Laa- ra Keene, Mrs. E. L. Davenport, and Miss Agnes Elsworthy. Then for actors there are Burton, E L. Davenport, Anderson, Jordan, Lester, Blake, Walcot, Fisher, and many more. Mr. Burton has brought over for us Miss Marshall, a jolly Lon- dor scubreite, while Miss Keene has introduced a new face on her boards—that of Mr. Charles Wheatleigh, an excellent comedian. ‘We expect that each succeeding year will bring still more dramatic talent to New York, for the reason that it is better paid here than elsewhere. All these things work together for the benefit of the city, and all respectable public amusements should receive the warmest support from our citi- zens. In the hands of such managers as we have in New York, the theatre, the opera house, and the coacert room may be made efficient co-work- ers with the press in advancing the civilization, the refinement, the prosperity, the true glory of the city, and the republic of which it is the me- tropolis. We trust that everybody will remember this— that all the theatres will be well supported, and | that the managers may find at the end of the sea- son a comfortable balance on the right side of their cash accounts, Napoleon and His Destiny. Mr. Wikoff, in his “ Adventures of a Roving Diplomatist,” just published, throws more light on the political career of the present Emperor of the French than any of the former writers on the subject. He describes him as he was at London in exile, and as he was at Paris when President of the Republic ; demonstrates that he was indeed the man for the situation, and that without him France would infallibly have gone to utter rain, We have reason to believe that so far as the Emperor’s personal character is concerned, Mr. Wikoff, so far from flattering, has really hardly done the Emperor justice. The Emperor Napo- Jeon is unquestionably one of the very first miads of the day. Unlike his uncle in almost every particular save quickness of perception, he is cool, unimpassioned, inaccessible to revenge and other petty faults, capable of being happy at rest, unbiassed in favor of his family, patient of injustice, tolerant of contradiction: and at the same time, clearness and quickness of political vision, energy in action, courage, avd indomit- able will are by no means less marked in him than they were in the first Napoleon. Now, let it be well remembered, for a man with so rare a com- bination of qualities as this, the temporary sovereignty of the French people is uot so very startling a reward. Very inferior men, such as Louis Philippe, Talleyrand, Robespicire, Lamar- tine and Cayaignac have done as mnch as that, Napoleon Louis deserves something better, bigh- er. What can that something be? The first impulse of the Emperor, as would have been the case with any other man in the like case at first, was to establish « dynasty. This is the old, the conventional idea. Anybody may set up as a king and flourish awhile, bat it takes a man of genius to found a dynasty. Therefore Napoleon would found a dynasty. He got rid of one old conventional idea—he did not marry into a reigning house; but to the other—the dynasty—he clung. That is some time since; it was, perhaps, natural then; but now, when he reflects calmly over his position, and the prospects of this son of his, what can he find to encourage him? In the first place, his own throne, as he knows perfectly, rests not on the hereditary but the elective principle. If the people of France had not been disgusted with the republicans, he never could have es tablished the Empire. He is supported now, and reigns smootbly enough; but that is becnuse he is undoubtedly an able man, and makes a good ruler. To expect that the French people will endorse over their royalty to his son, how- ever he may turn out, is not reasonable. Again, there is enough before his eyes at the present moment to satisfy any rational person that as soon as ever his iron control is removed from the French, the Empire will not be maintained peaceably. He is the soul of it; him dead, nothing but anarchy and war. How can the transition be got over? We hear that he is providing Councils of Regency, and Lieutenant Generals to be tators to his son; but has he read history with so little profit as to labor under the delusion that these soldiers would be true to him—that the army would bo true to them-—that the people would submit to the army—the whole for, perhaps, a period of yeors? Some of the old Roman Emperors sd- mitted their sons, legitimate or adopted, into a participation in the empire during their lifetime; this plan might possibly save the youth; but has the Emperor twenty-five sure years of life? In a word, to whichever side he looks, he must meet with prospects inimical to dynastic ambi- tion. Evenif all were smooth so far as his fami- ly is concerned, he must see that dynasties are not the order of the day: that all tends, on the contrary, toward democracy; and that not a throne in Europe is worth a fifty years purchase. What a sorry oeeupation for a man of his genins to eet about building an edifice, which however cunningly planned and symmetrically put to- acther, must in all probability be broken down by the foree of events! Tlow unwise for him to court o failure in bis last and greatest acheme ! There is a moae by whigh thy Lunes, os diy | Eee oot Oe French might win a higher position than the one he occupies, and reap 8 reward commen- surate to his astounding merits, There isa plan by which he might so illustrate his name that his past successes would seem insigy nificant in comparison with those to come. There is an act by which he might win such fame that he would rise far above mere monarchs and dynasties, and have but one rival, one equal in history. Were the Emperor of the French, satisfied of the futility of dynastic dreams, to set his whole energies to the work of preparing the French people for a democratic régime by the es- tablishment of free local and municipal instita- tions, a gradual education of the masses to the proper use of political power, and a slow re- moval of the existing restraints on the Nberty of speech and the press; then, at the end of a given period, to appear in public, and voluntarily to relinquish his title and his power, and lay him- self the corner stone of a new French republic, on a solid social basis, he would have done what no other man in history has ever done, and would rank in the eye of the calm thinker, even higher than Washington. Of the political effects of such a step we for- bear to comment: it is to the personal conse- quences so far as the Emperor is concerned that we desire to direct attention, But to take such a step as this, extraordinary genius is needed. Monrerra Anarcuy.—Let it be well remem- bered by the people of New York that the state of horrible anarchy under which we live may be perpetuated or aggravated or remedied by the Legislature at the coming session. We are in — deep dizgrace, it is true, but thereis alower depth; we are shamefully governed, but a worse govern- ment stil] may be conceived by a powerful ima- gination. We have seven or eight despots, who filch our money from us, and laugh at us when we complain, and administer our affairs in the most corrupt and negligent manner, and are as inde- pendent of us as the Emperor of the French or the Sultan; who knows but we might have a score? There lie in the docket two hundred in- dictments procured by the Mayor against gam- bling houses, and two thousand which have been accumulating for years against various offenders —all unprosecnted, unnoticed; who can tell whether, under a new system, any offenders would be prosecuted at all? We say this because we have reason to believe that the charter which will be passed by the Legis- lature this winter will be really worse than the pre- sent one. The controlling party in the Legisla- ture knows what is right perhaps, but they are afraid of doing it because they fancy they might, by doing so, oblige Mayor Wood, who differs with them on the Kansas question. We are to be cursed with a fresh complication of anarchy on account of Mayor Wood’s views about Kansas, or rather on account of the views of the republi- can Legislature touching Mayor Wood's opi-~ nions, THE LATEST 1 NEWS. BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TELEGRAPHS, Interesting from W: DEBATES IN CONGKESS ON THE PRESIDENT’S MES SAGE—NEW PHASE OF THE GREAT RAILROAD SWINDLE—THE PENSION OF FICB—MR. WHEELER AND THE CABINET—/HE VIRGINIA IMBROGLIO— COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE—DESPATCEES PROM BANBAB, &C., &C. Wasniveron, Dec. 8, 1886. An exciting discussion bas eccupied the time of both houses of Corgrers to-day, tL In the Senate Mr. Bigler of Pennsylvania delivered a Prepared speech, tp which he defended the democratic Party trom the charges of having presented falee issues . He said Mr Buchanan was in fayor fetiling uhe slavery question for themrelves, How Mr. Buchanan would vote on the gub- Ject, if a citizen of Kansas, he knew not. He supposed he Would vote for the exciusion of slavery. He (Mr. Bigier) would do ro, The Gemocrate nowhere, to b's knowledge, Preeented avy other iteve than to leave all domestic ques- tors to the people of Kanras to settle for themselves. Mr Wace (abolitionist, of Obio), having stated thet he Was present at reversal democratic meetings, and saw banners inscribed Buchsnan, Brecktaridgo and free Kan. sas, Mr, Bigier said the fact of that Soustor’s presence at 8 democratic meeting was caiculated to injure the Nor. therp democracy mere in the eyes of their Southern brethren than all the banners bearing the inscription quoted. My. Trombuil, of Tilipole, followed, with a charge of unfairnees agalnet tho Sena’e for excluding Northern mea from the committees Mr. Cley called hin stiention to the fact that Northern men were on all the committees. Mr. Trombuil replied that they were not repub- Heane. Mr. Ciey sito cited to him the actin of the Foure, where, in forty committees, there were only five Southern ebairmen, and thore of unimportant commit. teen. Mr Collamer continues the discussion to-morrow. ‘The debate op the mersage was regularly inaugorated tm the House to day, Mr Campbell, ot Ohio, leading of, The ccmocrats attompted to bave the message roferred, and let the debate take place in the Committeo of the Whole as usual; but the republicans were so anxious to skin poor Pleree that they coula not wait, It was re markable (bat the chairman of the Committes of Waye 8nd Meant (Mr. Campbe!!) ebould thus lead off in a dia. cussion which must arrest ali legislation aa jong as it con- tincer. While epenking, Mr. Campbell alluded to hie ne- gro ceretituents, and succeeded in proving oe of them to be the ton ef a brother of Governor Shannon, bye molatio weman, sod cons quently entitled to vote, the white Liood preponderating. Mr. Florence could not seo what this bad to do with the rotion to print the President's memsago. Mr. Smith, of Tennerree, has the floor to morrow. If the democrats have the majority tomorrow {11s the intention of the republicans to stave off any vote on the Whittleld care, Mr. Rusk gave notice to-day of a resolution granting farther time to the Texas creditors within which to file their claims at the treasury. Rev. Mr. Bill, Baptist, was elected Chaplain to the Senate, Mr. Hill officiated daring the extra session ‘without pay. ‘The lacific Railroad schemers are changing the'r pinue sivee the Henatn’s expoware of them. Tne rcheme on foot to-day is to purchase the land at twenty cents per acre, and select It, instead of taking it gratis to alternate nections, The bill will also embrace the names of the grantecs on cach of the three lines, one hundred and fifty in all, and placed there by the members of Congress themaciver. Bach name inserted in the bill is to secure the yots of a member. It ts believed by the getters ep of thie plan that {t le certain to go through. ‘Tho “eoretary of the Interior hax decided to grant chii- dren of deceased revolutionary widows the amounts of Pensions due from the government. Commissioner Whiting is bringing order out of chaos in tho Pension Burean, ‘The Cabinet bad quite s protracted session today. 1 appears they aro baving some trouble with Col. Wheeler ‘They are aira'd to dismiss bim lost be might make some expose which at this time would not be very agreeadia. Cushing and Marcy have got the President into s very awkward position in reference to Nicaragua, and poor Pierce jn trying to «extricate himself, Tho Virginia imbregiio cominues to excite much atten- tion, The Hunter interest denounce, in unmeasured terme, the action of Govereor and appeal to the Buchanan mep bere to come wp rercue. Many of the committees of the Mouse met to day, and gave out the work to yarioue mombers who them, The Committee on Commerce are prepared to port © bil for the better protection of lives and proper. ty on steambons, ‘The denpatches from Governor Geary, brought hither by a rpecial messenger, have boen oflicially acted on. Yr Bagby, who fgured recently in the bloodioes duet with Mr. Irving, obalienged Mr. Horneley for hie rtric. vue, us We Huch@wona 4 nyuyre, om Woe iormer's Article, rh