The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1856, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HER/S,Lp. JAMES COADON SEN gg EDITOR 4ND PROPRISW ge rice & F.C RERROP YASSAU ywy yULTO< ate We, 347 aMUSMENTS, TO MORROW KVENING. #LoLO'S Gs RDEF, Browiway-—Zsauss Orans—V Alay er 2 sDOKYE, OWEAY THE/ PRR, Gowery~Moca Avo avout Neraiva heat eBaTOn's SEW Tas —Boaook or evo Rue: orosdway cpposite Rend st, avo Weores or Woman. LLACK'S THEARRA, freadwe)—Daticare Grovsp Win Oars, ACR, KERVE'S THRATRE, 674 Broadwsy—Seconp Lawe—korne No © YoRm. MAMBERS SPMFET AYRE, (ate Serton’s)—Oxios, vam GeLe Bearms o ‘9 SON. «N MUSEUM, Brosdway—4fer- eveping—lBaT oe) Busses) Bavy— us: SROs DWaS TASPLIRS, 473 Broadway.—Tme Suniovs Fayuy -Ttue To pum, azo, cu & WOOD'S MIXETRELS, 444 Broad eg arn ovin# Pena atavens—Pam OLD Cuca. UOT BY SSREWADBNS, 685 Sroadway —Srmerax Gumrme sy 4 Eesy OREN PSS TALL. 339 Broadway—Woxonare: Tacss, 27 3 ax Wo Kee Mew ‘9%, Sanduy, December 14, 1856. whe News. Immyor'ant news from Nivaragna, contradictory of tha: received by way of New Orleavs and published tm yer erdey’s paper, reached us last evening, via s’, at which pors the steamer Tennessee had Her passengers state that Gen, Walker bad Lecn driven fom every place where be had ob- tained a foving, ind that he was on board a steamer Ike, wi heat communication with his army. His men we ufering terribly for supplies, and were dying off by disesse. The Tennessee is mo- mentariy € this port. Her arrival will place us in pos of the facts regarding the events of whi we have received such opposite ac- courts. Th rteen of her passeugers had died of eholera. The stermer George Law arrived last evening from Aspinwail, with Sen Pranciseo advices to the afternoon of the 20th nlt., together with news from Australia, the b Pacifle, New Granada and Ja- maiea. th ense from California is vaimpor- wut. 1 of the vote of the State on the Pre- sidential questiin was announced yesterday by tele- graph frow New Orleans, by which it appeara that Bucbavan has a clear majority over both the other eandidutes. The Legislature will stand: ia the Senate 15 democrats, 12 Americars and 3 republi ans. and in the Assembly there will be a democra- ity over all of 21. To United States Sena- to be chosem by the Legielature this winter; e most prominent candidates for ped cfices we find mentioned J. W. , John B. Weller, Wihiam M. Gwin, B. F. Washington, John Bigkr, Devid C. Broderick, James A. McDougall, J. W. McOorkle, Peter Lott, Mihon &. Lotbam, CH. Bryanand T. J. Henley. The Ger ve Law brought uowards of a million and ‘a bel! in treasnre, and her specie list shows a slight falling off as comspered with the totals of the tro or three previous arrivale. The markets were un- ebanges. From: Australia the dates are: Melbourne Sth, aed Sydeey lth September. Nothing of in- terest had travepired since our list advices, A verse! from England—the first—had discharged her cargo with euse at the new railroad wharf at Hol- won's Hay. There was much speculation in the flour market, which gave ri siderable agitation; bot the price of the article had not advanced. We have Valparaiso dates to the of October, and Callso to the 1th alt. Tm Chile the miaing and eommer'iz! prospec’s w attering. The pub We schools ani bi es were belog eacou- raged. Some Ww me regulations with respect to the conduct of naval men in toe harbor of Va!- Peru Paraiso had been sdopted by government. had seffered from ansther revolution, directed by Eebinique ond Castilla. Ovr adv ces from Honolun, Sandwich Islands, are to the 11th of October. Their Majesties were ex Hoenolela in the following « hell, of Boston, Maas., died th of October. m, Jamaica, papers to the 272 n nothing of interest. of the bark Montezama, arrived ed previons to the 20th of November having on board nine Frene refa. the Governor having paid their per head. rom Papama are to the 4th inet. They of importance coneerning New Grana- disy An official correspondence had taken ploce » Hon. J. H. Bowlin, United States Min- ister in Vegeta, and Sr. Line de Pombo, Secretary of State, re to the tax lately imposed by the New Granod overnment on mail matter crossing the lsthmar. A ng to the Roilroad Com- pany, in whieh a q y of grease was stored, had been destroyed by Gre. There had been heary rains ‘on the Isthuns, but they had occasioned no damage The Amer vessels of war at Panama joined in eelelrating the anniversary of the independence of New Grana ta. ‘The City Inspector reports 442 deaths during the past week—on increase of 45 compared with the mor'aiity of the week previous. The increase Is to be ottriated mainly to consumption and other lang complaints, and diseases of the brain and nerves ‘The ecariet fever is making aad havoc among chil- éren, not only in this elty but elsewhere. The fol- lowing iv a comparison ot the numper of deaths for the past two weeks :— Mon, Women, Boye, Gute, Teal co 867) 6188 8 8T en a a | © principal causes of death during the past week wer the following:— Week ending Weey ‘There were also 16 deaths from 10 prematere births and 2s stillborn. w a classification of the diseases, and the to‘al sam- ber of deaths in each claes of divease, during the two weele:— cathe, compared a The nomi r © x weeks of 1864 and 1855, was as follow Ne 16 3886 a8 foo yh Yehe “ae 1 “ ty toble gives S18 natives of the Ualied 4 lrelend, 21 of Germasy, 8 of Eng of Frances) enknewn, and the balanee of warions hovopean edt nities, Quite a panic was raise! in the Brooklyn Navy .NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1856. ‘Yard on Friday, by the report that the steam frigate ‘Macara wasen fire in the the destroyed. On reaching the found shut the fre had just burst into a stream of water was soon poured in «nd quenched without any material damage having been done. It appears that one of the workmen acci- deritally dropped a red hot bolt under the boiler, where he could not reach it, and some oakum and shavings were set on fire, which led to the alarm. In the Supreme Court yesterday Judge Davies delivered an elaborate decision, which we publish elsewhere, upon the motion to discharg’ from agrest the parties impticated in the alleged frauds upon the Northern Railvay of France. Two of the de- fendants, Felecite Debud and Eugexe Grelet, were discharged—the others are held for further pro- ceedings in the case. By the way of Charleston we have Havana dates tothe 10:b inst. Sugar had improved one-fourth to one-hulf a cent per pound. Advices from Sonduras to the 25th alt. state that the country was tranquil. The American miniag partes had left, the climate having proved very debilitanig. ° The trial of Charles B. Huntington, the celebrat- ed Wall stieet forger, will be positively commenced ou Tuesday uorning next, in the Coart of General Sessions. It was the intention of the District At ttorney to cali it up on Moudsy; but, as the closing speeches je the Willa and Conley case will consume the whole of shat day, and as no other room can be procured, it is unavoidably postponed till Tuesday. There wes rather a better demand for cotion yes- terday, with sales of about 2,500 bales—the market closing stiff at about 12jc. for middling uplands, and at 12{c. for New Orleans do. Flour was firmer, with more act vity in sales, and in some descriptions rather better prices were obtained. The transac- tions in wheat were light, while prices continued firm. Corn waa steady, without change of moment in prices. Pork was in fair demond, and prices firm for new mess, at $19 56 2 $19 62), while old sold at $19 (6{ a $19 12}. Sales of sugar were moderate, while prices were firm, About 3,000 bags of Rio coffee were sold at 9jc.a l0jc. The Bahia sold yesterday for export brought 94c. Freight ea- gagements were moderate, without further change in rates of moment. The News from Niearagua—The Critical Po- shiton of Walker. The news from Nicaragua is very important, and very contradictory in its character. Accord- ing to the general tone of the New Orleans des- patch published yesterday, Walker had beea successful in all his movements; but by a des- patch received last night from Caarlestoa, and published this morning, the Central Americans had driven him trom post to post, leaving him at the Jast accounts in a desperate and critical condition. It is not easy to comprehend the true value of events Without a true knowledge of the moticos that govern them, and tais we do not poeseas in the advices from Nicaragua. We only know, by the most favorable reports, that where has been considerable fighting, and that Gen Walker has destroyed the city of Granada, aod made the city of Rivas, or Nicaragua as it is calied on the old maps, the centre of his movemeuts. This looks like a retrograde movement on his part, and many look upon it as an actual defeat aad a sign of bis waning power, confirming the news by way of Charleston. The city of Rivas is some distance south of that of Granada, bat it is also much cearer the transit route across from Lake Nicaragua to the Pacific ocean, and is said to be a uch more healthy locality than that of Granada. Yet the going down there and aban- doning the late scene of war has an ominous appearance. On the other hand, it may be a matter of poli- ey and strategy to have taken the course be has, Rivas being much vearer to the transit route, not only brings him in mach nearer proximity to the source of his communication and supplies, bat it conecotrates his forces upon a point which it is most important for him to bold against the al- lied forces on one side and the Costa Ricans on the other. At the same time, by bringing him nearer to the port of San Juan it may enable him to perforin a strategic movement similar to the ove he made when he caused General Corral to surrender. If he draws the enemy south, he may again embark on the Pacific, and ng up the const, land at Realejo and take the city of Leon, which is in that vicinity, This step would cut off the enemy's supplies and bring them between two divisions of his own forces, ‘There ie another point in the late reports which is wortby of attention. We are told that fight- ing continucd for four days at Maesaya. This looks as if there had been a change in Walker's military ta Hith«rto, it has been his enetom to rush upon the enemy, and strike for the vic , Tegardless of the lives of his men. Four days’ fighting looks as if he had been wore careful of his men, « bad confided in the effect of his howitzers and » perior weapons. All these doubts will proba- bly be solved in a day or two, when the Tennesee, with full particulars, arrives at this port. That Walker's position is a critical one is evi- dent, and it has been made so by the foolish quarrels among the chief filibusters here. In- stead of combini»g and sustaining the cause they are all interested in, they are attacking each other, and wasting both time and opportuaity. They are throwing away an empire and a cen- tury of progress, Let Vanderbilt, Law, Garri- soo, Morgan, Joc. White, Heise and all, c together, shake hands all aronnd. and turn over the pages of the history of the British East India Company. There they can become philosophers, and show themselves capable of appreciating the times they livein. Let us have a united diree- tory. Procanss oF Wall street Jocrsautam—Our venerable cotemporal the Jornal of Commerce, has introduced a new feature in newpaper business, and publishes each morning a list of accersions to its subscription list. Yesterday the Journal bad a rush of one, and anrounced that Rufas Choate, of Maseachu setts, would beve the pleasure of going to sleep over its columns for the ensuing year, Thi Mr. Choate ie the Boston man who recently made a somerset in politics, throwing bimeclf head over heel# into the Buchanan camp and writing a let- ter to the whigs of Maine, which carried that State for Fremont. It is to be boped that Mr. Choate will read all the papers carefully and keep hime lf posted up, but we are afraid that we cannot recommend the Journal's plan for general practice. If we were to adopt it, the rames of our new subscribers would fill a column or twe per day; and we are afraid that our readers would be no more interested in the Ohoates than in the Swmithe, the Browne, the Thotmpeons and the Joneses who in Jaren nombert snd their names and the funds to the Herat office. Bat if the original Joho Smith should take @ fanoy to the Journal of Com- “7 aliogether unsol we trast that the world will receive the ear- liest information of the important fact. ited and unexpected’ | Ime Southern Convention. We see that our Southern triends have been amusing their leisure by holding another con- vention, and chatting over their sorrows and tueir prospects. Qne Mr. De Bow, who is con- nected with the Census Department at Washing- ton, atid also, we betieve, presides over a monthly magazine of heavy commercial matter, proposed a series of resolutions about the South which were adopted unanimously. One of these was in favor of a steamship line from a Southern port to Great Britain. Another was fur the encou- ragement of books, pewepapers, avd we presume of magazines also, of Southern extraction. And the others were generally appeals to the Southern people, begging them to encourage and support Southern productions of every kind. We ore very glad that this Mr. De Bow pro- posed these resolutions of bis, and that they were passed ; though we hope he did not draw the long bow in his speech in their support. Steamers aud books, and newspapers and monthly magazines too, are excellent things, wherever they come from; and if the Southern people can get them up, all the better for them and for us. But for our part, we are im- pelled to think that if Mr. De Bow had moved a resolution to declare that it was the sense of the Convention that it should hence- forth be warm in January, and cool in August, and that there should be no more yellow fever at New Orleans, and no more asses at Charleston, he would not have been guilty of aay inconsistency, and these latter resolutions would have harmonized admirably with the others, Our Southern friends are excellent people, very sound politicians in many respects, great think- ers, sensible talkers, well bred men, and gentle- men; but as for political economy, bless them, they don’t know the A BC of its alphabet. ‘They fancy that the establishnfent of steamship lines from New York instead of Norfolk is the fruit of a devilish plot laid to injure the South Ly the Yankees; and they believe that the pros- perity of the book and newspaper trade at the North, while the South have never printed a book or got vp a decent paper, is also the result of a deep laid and wicked malignity against their in- stitutions. What can be said to such people? Tis wasie of time to tell them that nature and the lews of trade and intereourse govern such things as the establishment of steamship lines, and that were the planters of the South to club together, raise a million, build and equip a line of steamships from Norfolk, and set it agoing, in twelve months their ships would of necersity be transterred to New York. The tendency of all these things is toward centralization; to re- sist the concentration of capital, enterprise and trade toward a focus is to court loss and disappointment, At the present moment Boston ard Philadelphia, which are much better situated for trspeatlantic intercourse than Norfolk, are re- luctantly resigning the steam traffic of the ocean 10 New York; not because their people are not industrious, wealthy and enterprising, but hecause nature has pointed out this city as the outlet of the continent, and they cannot reverse the decree, So of books, Where there is a demand, there will be a supply; if the Southern people want home-made books, let them read more than they do. At the present time, the sale of no book at the South is one-twentieth of its sale at the North, As for newspapers, they have a number of them, of one kind or avother; but ihey will never bave a really good leading journal till they bave acity to print it in. Tul they havea city like New York, they must be content with contemptible party sheets like the Richmond Jn- quirer. The National Defences—Armament of our Forts and War Ships. ‘The reports of the Secretary of War and Sec- retery of the Navy disclose some singular facta, In both the army and navy our artillery and ar- tillery pratice would scem to be greatly wanting. The ry of War asks for armaments for forts, improvements in arms, and supplies of am- munition. He says, at the present rate of appro- priation, it would take forty years to supply cach mounicd piece pow on our forts with a huodred rounds of ammunition; and as during that time more will be built, the supply at the end of that poriod will be comparatively as inadequate asitisnow! Here isa good prospect, in an age of the world when a diplomatic imbroglio, a withdraw- aloft ministers, and a declaration of war sacceed each other within the period of six months, ‘The Seeretary says the sea coast fortifications are progressing, but that much remains to be done before many of the most important forts will be efficient. He renews bis recommendation for the cetablichment of a national fouudry for cast- ing gune. How does this state of things compare with Greot Britain? A visit to the Reyal Arsenal at Woolwich will at once convince en Ameriean of the vast difference there is in the importance at- tached to there matters in the two countries. Cennou of various calibre and forms literally cover many acres, and the pyramids of balls, of all sizes, remind one of tbe grand achievement of Cheops. There are generally on hand about 27.500 cannon, three million cannon balls, and y million veunds of ball cartridge for emall arms. We sil know how much money John Bull spends in war and war implements; but is it not evident that we err on the side of false economy? The bombardment of a single city by a hosile rquadron would caure the destruction of more property then would suffice to put an armament on every fortification in the land. We talk of | the fecility with which our merchent ships can be | turned into wor versels, and an armament put on board; but the fact 's that for a navy of any sige we have no cannon, and all the private and pub lie foundries in the United States could not east a euf¥cient number in two years. This is bute sorry commentary on the maxim “In time of peace prepare for war.” ‘The Secretary of the Navy has come most sen- sible remarks on artillery practice, and the neees man vib which ee glides om the water; her men may be pat terpe of diseiptine and ber offeers the braver: and | it cther ber gape retare \y be talthr | managed by those who » Americans are i ket from their be po matter how soddenly, they are is ar fatal a that of the trained very diferent im regard common weighing itourands une therovghly and ae regularly as the roidier ie in the army. We have thus far relied npon pran- Bt SOR, An seerting [row the crew for captainn of hore who wry from experience be found best fitted, 1 fe omoateg, Indeed, tbat note! the impor. | terce of Crnemionting thiough the rervice a thorough vrowle¢ge of gunnery, bo system for that purpose hae ever been . Ought not Congress to take there things into consideration ? Mrcb attention ie aleo given to the callhre 6, the guns, and the weight of metal thrown. Ia the new war frigates, nine, ten, and eleven inch shell guns are used. It was suggested by Com- maoder Dablgren, in 1850, that he could, with sbe}] guns, “ exercise a greater amount of ord- hance power with a given weight of metal,” and with more eafety to those who managed the gun, than with any other pieces of like weight, On this subject Secretary Dobbin says:— It ie probably wue, as alleged, thates solid shot are driven by @ larger obarge of powder, tneir power ie thereby proportionally greater, and that on striking a ship Abey may pass futirely throug ber, thns exposing ver to tbe conrequences of two serions breaches There open: ‘pgs taade by solid shot, however, ars oiten easily re pared, even deripg ap action = But if a vessel is struck aud penetrated by one of these monster ebells whish oar. rhes'w itbio iteelf the elements of explosion, one can hardly conceive of the crashing of timbers and tae havoc and destruction which must inevitably eneue And thas the work of ope she! would be more fatal and disastrous th.u tbat of many shot Respecting the weight of metal carried, he ‘ob- erves further:— In many Of those most remarkable conflicts in whieh the Americup Davy won its proudet trophies, tt is well rettied that the superiority of the calibre of our gona coa uted very much to the susdesstul overpowering of formidable saver: ary. In consideration of the com jativostrepgth of our naval force. tt becomes vastiy —_ that we should call into exercise the inventive nd suggettive gepius of our couctrs men, aad strive not merely 10 keep pace with, bat, if possiole, im advance of ctbers in ihe character of our engines of destraction in wor. But what would our Secretary say to the prac- tice lately made in England, with a thirteea inch wrought ison gan, manufactured by Mesera Horsfall, at the Mersey Works, Liverpool? This monster piece weighs 21 tons 17 hundred weight, is 15 feet in length, and carries a solid shot of 280 Ibs. weight. “On referring to Sir Howard Douglas's important work on naval gunnery—the great autbority on all questions of artillery,” says the London Times—* we find that the range of shot exceeds by about 10 per cent the range of the best solid shot guns in her Majesty’s service, aud by 20 to 25 per cent those of the eight and ten-inch (sbell) guns.” In the trial of the gua there were fifty rounds fired, with the solid shot of 280 Ibs. weight and 50 Ibe. of powder ata charge. There were ten shots fired with the gun on a level, and ten each at elevations of one, three, five and seven degrees, respectively. The trials were on a level plain at Shoeburyness. A full record was kept of the elevation of the piece, the recoil, the time of flight, the distance of “first graze,” the deflection—right or left—and the entire distance, or extreme range, of each shot. The recoil was from three feet three inches to four feet, usually from three feet six to three feet pine inches. The deflection at the point where the ball first struck the ground—the “first graze’’—was usually from two to tour yards; se- veral times within a yard, twice at twelve, once sixteen, once twenty, and once twenty-six yards from the exact line, and four times out of the fifty inexact line, without any deflection. At the ex- treme length of the range—the place where the ball finally rested—once out of the fifty ehots ir was in the exact line, as the gun was pointed; but the balls were usually found from ten to twenty or thirty, and once over a hundred yardsout of line ‘The mean distance at which the “first graze” took place when the gun was on a level, was 599 yards; at one degree elevation 1,023} yards; at three degrees, 1,800 yarda; at five degrees, 2,433 yards, and at seven degrees elevation 2,988) yards, So that elevating the piece seven degrees from a horizontal line, the ball first struck the earth at a distance of about 3,000 yards, or not far from a mile and three quarters. The following figures are takeu from the table of observations—the columns showing, fist, the number of shot, in the order of the experi- ments ; next, the degrce of elevation of the gun, the time of flight of the ball to the “ first graze,” in seconds and fifths, the distance of the fir graze, and the extreme range:— Pdekakahed siete eeerrenaare eet) Experimenis are now to be made with this for- midable piece on the bomb-proof floating battery Etna, which it is expected will be blown to splinters. The battery is covered with plates of boiler iron, and heretofore has resisted all the sbell practice that has been brought to bear on it. Some months ago o Liverpool firm made a mortar capable of thro y- ing shells thirty-sic inches in diameter. A shell was made for it, and when charged weighed overaton, We hare seen no account of experi- ments with this terrible engine of destruction, but should have no hesitation in predicting that the effect produced by suoh a ehell would be terrific. If American genius is set to work to invent gune, shells and mortars, avd government will conduct experiments on a libcra! scale, we shall have some good results. Let there be a natio.al foundry as speedily as poreible, and let our arma- ments be as perfect as art can make them. Whilst it is not our policy to keep up such large navies or to expend so much money on fortifi sa tions as the leading Kuropean Powers, it is ce sential that those which we maintain should ve equal in efficiency to those of our maritime rivals. Tux Woonwortt Praxine Macutye Parest Topry Jon.— This is one of the greatest and». .t Incrative, from all eecounts, of the great patent jobs of the lobby. It is a monopoly controlling millions of capital and cash. ‘he Charleston Merevry touches it up in the following style:— We copy, from the Scientific American, an article upon the enbjecta of the «Mors now being mado at Waahing tor for ® perpetuation of the monopoly in planing marine for it rearly amourte to mothing lees than that—the ‘ ‘worih patent being #6 ing¢nioesly devised, and piourly werded ae to enad'e ite proprietors ‘0 br {ous sults against all otber inventors. Tho profits of ia mockive bave deen edormous, and the very wealth Quva- Tuleted bas enabled thove interested in tho perpetuation of tb 1b! to beirg wieences to beer wpon the govern. ™ Weteeote that have accured for it sa unuener dtrevion. eblvery devored to #imilar purposes. At ail events, the invention bas hed tte full reward, and itis time that the Er aopely abonid bo abolitbed, In the article above referred to there appears the following extract of @ Jetter from a corres pordent in the interior of this State: My object in writing to you now, ie to wivike you of a deep inid ple! for the extension of the Woodworth planer, ‘There bat been a convention held of the owners and cree of thrae machtors, and I am credibly informed thet they have signed « petition asking for ite extension, and, of & comtideration, they are to have the exolu iyo right er moncpoly in the county town or village whore Hey are loented Th in Intended What if $100,000 wilt get the extension, the trap will be sprang when Congries mecte, That's the game A bundred thousand! W. H. Seward, chief counsellor! We hope that such men as Letcher, in the Honee, and Rusk, in the Semmte, will be on herd when this trap is eprung. A game involy- ing the taxation of our mechanics to the extent of millions of dollars, by a monopoly already enriched to the extent of millions from patent« and patent extensions, is a game against the in terests of the whole community well worth wa'ch ing. Tax Sock Jossmc Pacmic Rauzcapasn| THE LATEST NEWS, Truman Surru,—We have received the following note from Hon. Truman Smith:— 10 THE RDITOR OF THE HERALD, Naw Youx, ¢] Watt sraaer (eo. 2 . I have been informed that you have several — late connected my Se a eee ea ae to be penatng delore O reas for the Us Staten . 1e ol hy Polaee miad te tcite e impentg, om ‘3 3 ied Tis urn lane areca wheat yoor sre. But thie is immaterial, for I haoeae ‘say that T have Bot pow, por have I ever bed, the slightest connection ‘with the sobject. I bave not even seen the bill, nor has any gentleman ever consulted me tn I will add, that though decidecly 1p favor of the constraction of arailroad to 1) ‘ic, in the beat manner and on the best pothir g Could induce me to go to Wash- ingten with s view to apy persona) or as the promoter of any scheme of ‘After nearly fourteen years’ service, I left in the spring of the year 1854, with no other acquisiiion than a c! for Olsipterestedness, which J trust you wil) not needlessly arreil Respectfully yours, TRUMAN SMITA. ‘This is perfectly satisfactory. We are grati- fied, too, with this proof of Mr. Smith’s sterling honesty; for we have no doubt that the Pacific road conspirators and jobbers would jump at the offer of appropriating to their cause his Congres- sional experience and practical business qualifica- tions. But we hope that Mr. Smith, and all other men who are believers in that old antediluvian notion that honesty is the best policy in specu- tions and stock jobbing, asin every thing else, will keep clear of this Pacific Railroad train, aad its motley crew of bungry passengers. There may be armashup, Who knows? Virersia Pourriciays ANp Caprvet Nomina- TIons.— Tbe Richmond Enquirer denies the report that the Virginia members of Copgress had volunteered a good word to Mr. Buchanan in be- half of Mr. Bocock (one of the delegation of that State), as a good piece of timber for the new Cabinet. Perhaps the mistake of this report lies in thie—that it was not the Virginia members of Congress, but a few busy outsiders at Washing!)0 that put their heads together in favor of Mr. Bocock. He is, however, but a hopeful politician of the secondary formation. Wise and Hunter are the great guns, and the great rivals of the Virginia democracy. Senator Mason occupies the compromising position of an impractica- ble and unpopular Southern fire-eating ultra, His disuvion manifestoes during the late campaign would render him utterly ob noxious to the conservative Northern de- meerecy. Wise is nearly as bad, if not worse, from being more zealous, talented and energetic as anullifier. Hunter is a pretty safe conserva- tive, considering the school with which he has been for some ten or fifteen years associated. His speech at Poughkeepsie was one of the very few of a broad, conservative, statesmanlike character delivered by Southern stumpers in all the late campaign, Hunter, in the Cabinet, as a conser- vative practical Southern statesman, would be acceptable to the North; but he is indolent, and the business of Mr. Buchanan’s Cabinet will call for active, stirring, industrious men. Somebody from Virginia will doubtless be in the new Cabi- net. If it is Floyd there will bea fuss in the family. That's the great diffienlty with Mr. Bu- chanan. Tae Srecu.ators or tue Dawy Times.— Mesas. Wesley & Kowalski, of the Daily Times, appear to have been less successful in their land jobbing enterprises than they have been in their stock operations. In the latter, as it seems, they bave succeeded in cornering the Great Bear, and hampering him for the moment; bat in the former it is they who are cornered, and deservedly so, We think that the Brick Church scheme, by which they proposed to sell to the general government for the use of the Post Office, for a sum of $450,000, a property for which they gave $270,000 only a few weeks ago, and to which hey have no title, is one of the most monstrous on record. We should like to know how many Aldermen had a finger in this pie, and how many friends of the President were bought over. It is fortunate that the question which has arisen in reference to the title to this property, may up- set the whole scheme. Wesley & Company may be very smart men ; but they may be tripped up, tome day, and go to pieces, newspaper and all. Lossy Acrnts.—In the course of our explora- tions of the lobby system at Washington—upon which subject we shal! publish a budget at some not distant day--we discover that a number of persons are in the habit of endeavoring to levy block mail by representing themselves as con- nected with the Henan». We hope that they will encceed ; for persons who are foolish enough to be deluded by them deserve to lose their mo- ney. If there are any persons who have so much money and so little brains as to give bribes to pe * representing themselves as correspon- dents of this journal, for promises of notices of their schemes or wares in the correspondences of these people, we warn them to beware lest in addition to the loss of their money, they some day undergo the additional penalty of exposure. Grex. Scorr’s Yore.—From a letter of John Van Buren, read at the Boston democratic ban- quet, it appears that in the late Presidential elec tion, “ Scott, thg great soldier of our day, victo- riows over all the enemies of the country, and only defeated when arrayed against its friends, gave the weight of his great name to the demo- cratic cause.” This, we confess, is news to us. Gen. Scott's headquarters are in this city, and we have been under the impression all along that he “ gave the weight of his great name” to the Fremont cause. Somebody, we suspect, has been quizzing the Prince. The Privatcering Question. Wasiiscror, Neo. 2, 1866, The following letter was tranmitiod with the papers accompanying ihe President's metage:— Jarret Lacaiow or Reser. Wastmoton, Nov. 28, 1956. To ma How. Ma, Marcy, Securrany or Stare or THe Te urna — @’Adaires of bis Majesty tho un ned, ge a’ rea bf nil the Russias, bas the honor, in ccaplance the order of bis government, of add the fot. Jow ing Communication to the Hon, Mr, Marcy, ary of Bale of the United Staces:— The atiention of the Emperor haa in an om!nent degree dwelt on the proposition by which the Uuved States ao cwered the (nvttation whlch hart been extended to them a, Ag Rony og OS the ie April. Lf ty entirely conours in the views of the government of ithe Unued Mates, which the Hon. Mr. Maroy haa isid down Ip bie eque ly lucid as \emperatio note of the 28a of Joly ‘The proporition of the federal government, tn the opinien ot his imperial Majesty, deserves so much the more to be taken into comsideration, that the honorable Seorctary of Stato argues not for the oxclusive intercate ‘of the ULited Stater, but for thone of the whole of maa- ind, . ‘The Imperial ment would have room for sel gratointion should {te concurrence contribuw to the adopton of the of ike United States, and shovid al) the Powers by @ common rerointion prociaimed Wa tee fees of the World Serve to apply to private property on the scat the rame principles Inviolability whien be igerents profes for property on land. the ander wipned is necoraingly instructed to votify the Hon. Mr. Marey tbat bis Mejesty the Emperor for tbe Fondition ender which the Un! Feapectet by their ro- |, 88 Well ne by thowe of ailthe Pow- rR whieh may join tn thie declaration Tee undertigned ts equally instrnoted to Fon Seoretary of Siate, thet should the propositions of the United Baten become the tubject of a colective de- Hberation, the yoto of the Imperial Cabinet te pI ypem. The undersigned ra Fh opportun| tender to Mr, Marcy bs yt AN aideration. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS, ‘whe Slave Insurrection In Tennessee. Crvcuman, Dec. 13, 1866. A gentleman direct from Tennessee informed the edl- tor of the Evansville Journal, on the 9th inst., that in the whole region, from Memphis, through Clarksville and Dover, on the Cumberland river, the greatest alarm ex- iated in regard to the movements of the negroes, The Jaila tp 2ll the counties were crowded with the arrested blacks. The county Courts nad assembled tm cack county, and vigilance commiteces and patrols had been appoipted tn each peighborbood and township. Eight more pegroes had been hung at Bover, making nineteen in al), No overt act had been committed, but the proof against them of insurrectionary designs, it is said, wae conclusive. Adame’ express brings numerous papers from all quar ters West, but tbey contain nothing further of interest. News from Havana and Fiorlda. Caanimeron, Dec. 18, 1856. ¥ ‘The sabe) bas arrived from Havana and Key Weat. ‘The Key West dates are to the 10th inst. Arrived United States schoover W. R. King from Per sacola, Ssiled sbip Neptune for Havre, ‘The dates from Hevana are to the 10th inst. Svgar bad tmprovei \c. a 3/c. per Ib. ‘The steamers Black Warrior and Philadelphia, from New York, bad arrived at Havana. Gen. Harney and suite ha arrived at Key West, ong tour of inspection tothe different poste there, Flags of truce were Boisted at a}! the posts through the country, for the purpose of calling in the Indians for a talk, and, if poesiblo, to bring them to terms of peace. News from Honduras. Boston, Dec. 13, 1866. The brig Helen Jane has arrived here with Hondurag dates to the 25th ult, The coustry was tranquil, and the excitement caused by General Walker's appearance in the affairs of Nicaregua, had somewhatsubsided, There f@ nothing new in regard to the future course of Hondu- Yas in supporting the other States agaimat Walker. The ews of the latter’s svccesses was not known to the people of Honduras, and it was still believed that the famous adventurer had been defeated. The party of Americaa gold diggers who have been in Hondaras for some time past prospecting for the precious mteal, had nearly all left the country on account of the rickly climate, which bad proved on the coast very debilitating to Americans, From Washington. MARCY AMONG TBE FPILIRUSTRRS—THE PATEN? SCHEMES BEFORE CONGRESS—SHALL WE HAVE FREE SUGAR AND FREE WOOL? ‘Wasmixcrom, Dec. 13, 1866. Tt is said Secretary Marcy is on the track of certain parties engaged in forming an expedition under General Paes for a detcent on Venezuela, Ramog says that the information in the State Department implicates a leading New York steamboat man, and also that the balance of the Law muskets not sent to Central America were to be employed in this new Altouetering expedition Marcy says be is determined to nip itm the bed. The steamer Daniel Webster is clorely watched. ‘The patent extension operators are swarming, and they expect to make a demonstration next week withgome of therr bills. The most prominent are the Haywood sul- pbur patent, which is really an oxtension of the India rubber monopoly, and is worth millions. Woodworth planing machine pater! expires on the 27th inst. As this is a burried case, large sums of money have been raised to put it through expeditiously. MoCormick’s attempt to revive an old patent—xot the one the reaper is made un- der—eo as to prevent any improvements. Colt’s pistole —to be engineered through by an ex-member from Mas- smcbusetts, ‘The Secretary of the Treasury is opposed to puting suger on the froe list till some arrangement can be made with the Spanish government. Cuba, from whence we recetve cur principal supply, charges am export duty. ‘This ie regulated wholly by the price of sugars im the ‘United States, 20 ax to bring Cuban sugar up to the rates bere; thus an abrogation o{ the duty here would only have the effect of increasing the export duty of Cuba, giving the Fpanieh government, and not the consumers, ail tho advantage. If the Spen'sh government will do away with the export duty, or mate itspecific, Mr. Guthrie wil) at once advocate the abolition of the duty bere. ‘The proposition to take the daty off wool for the bese. fit of Mazsachusctts manufacturers is opposed by the woo! growing States of the West, A compromise may be effected by also adding blankets to the free list. Tho Fire bill scheme will bave a bard time. Recent advices bere assort that Forney will certainly be United States Senator from Penarylvania. ‘The tickets for Thalborg’s concert for Toceday next ‘were all sold at 4 o’clook to day. According to advices received at the Navy Department, the storeship Supply left Smyrna on the )6th of Novem- Der for the United States, with camels for the War De~ partment. Commander Ferrand has been ordered to tho command of tbe eloop Falmouth, which will be put in commission on the let of January, to take the place of the German- town, now on her way home from the Braz'i siation. The Southern Commercial Convention. FOURTH DAY—EVENING BESSION. Savawnam, Dec. 12, 1866, ‘The Convention was in session from 7 to 9 o'clock this ‘evening. ‘A resolvilon was passed offering the thanks of the Con. ‘Yention to the citizens of Savannah for thoir attention, A wotion was made to resonsider the yote on the Paoi- fic railroad resolutions of to dey, with a view to offering resolutions declaring io substance that Congress has power to make s road ia tao Territories, but not tp tho States. On motion of Mr. DrBow it was tabled. ‘The vote on the resolution Im regard to the re-opening of the slave trade was ¢xplained, by an amendment, that the waid vote was not actuated by a feeling of deterence to the North. Afler adopting & resoluHon of thanks to the various railroad companies for treo passes to the Convention, and another tendering thanks to the Prosident, who returned big acknowledgments in appropriate terms, denying the tm- puted sinister motives of tre Convention in approving of Savanmab hospitality, the Convention adjourned sine die. ‘The delegates subscribed $2 each for priuting expenses, &c , and are all now leaving for their respoctive homes. Inavgeration of the Gov. of Seuth Carolina, Bartimowm, Dec. 13, 1856. Gevertor Alston wae inaugurated Governor of South Carolina op Thursday inst. ‘The South Carolina Senate bas tabled the report of the commities on the subject of re-opening the slave rede, Death of Hon, Seth Sprague, &. Boerom, Dec. 13, 1866. ‘The Tok. Seth Sprague, a prominent citizen of Masse churetis, died at his residence tn Duxbury Inst night, aged sixty nine years. It is reported that the Rov. f. N. Kirk, of the Mount Vernon street church, bas aceepted an ovitation from the American aud Foreign Christian Union to tate cleri- cai cherge of the new American chapel in Paris. Serious Coalpit Casvality—Thirtecn Lives Lost. Ricumonp, Va., Dec. 12, 1866.9 Last night a stream of water broke loose in the Mid. Jothian coalpite, drowning six while and seven negro men, @he Mineral Point Ratiroad. Cmmoaco, Deo. 13, 1858, The Commos Council of Galena have voted to enbsor'be for $100,000 of the stock of the Mineral Polat Railroad, and bave also appropriated $60,000 to construet a lock im the Galena river. The Bask North America. Haurax, Deo. 13, 1858, ‘The bark North America, Capt. Frodericke, eighty days from Bremen for New York, put into thie port lsat night Icaky and sbort of provisions, She has 240 passes. gers, Who were all well. Thalherg in Philadelphia. Pruapeirma, Deo, 18, 1856, ‘Thalberg, ansisted by Mademoieelle D’Angri and Ma- dame Wiihoret, gave a free concert this afternoon to 2,000 wehool children, in the Wainut street theatre, The scene was benutifol, and the enthusiasm unboanded, Thaiberg’s farewell Concert here was given thin eve. ring, and attracted a briliiaot and overflowing audience, Sad Accident. Portcnmster, Dec, 18, 1866, ‘This morning, st Riggs’ quarry, John Done wae in- tantly bilied—a stone from a blast, weighivg threo tone, fell opon bim, crushing him toa jelly, Toe deceased wae