The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERAJ.D. 4a BS GORDON BESNETE SDITOR AND PROPRIBTOB, OPTICD M, W. CORNER @F FULTON AND AASAA0 OFS. ————— ore eee eee | eerie LT —<——— AMUSEMENTS THIS EVEAING. SKOADWAY THEATRE ~ —Tus Usvarse or ax, on yHE Bieraantsoy No-Kasi1—TURMING THE TABLES, WIBLO'S GARDE, Brosdwsy—Ticut Rors Fsars— Feeako—Bovast cay Brn SOWERY YERATER, Bowery—Conquest oF Mexico— Bemarce Ps oie Live—Manisc Loven. gearons KEY THE?.TRE, Broadway, opposite Bond st. ‘Abt Srxaee—AN Oss'act or InreRest. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway—! noxozs, on Tau wonin’s Own. ut DRA KBEN #3 THEATSE 624 Broadway—Tas Wiok- ep Wire—Tus Estes, on rue Status Barve. eMERICA¥ THEATBE Onambere street—Tns Max with gus Rev Besne—Gares Arics or tan Weer. BARNUM'S AMERICAN MUSEUM, Brosdway—afer- moon RomaNce UNDER DwriowisiEs—Inisn TuroR. Even- Tag Dovax F. cep Prone GRO. CHBISTY AND WOOD'S MINSTRELS, 44 Broad- way—Drnioriax Pxeroraavces—Tur WEDDing. BUCKLEY'S KERENADERS, 585 Broadway—Brmiorian Pasronmasons—Ockax TELEGRAPH. ME MANICS’ MALL, 472 Broadway—Necro Me.opies @c.—Sawpest Ackonsts—5y Beyanr’s Minsreeis. —=—_=—_—_—_——————— Sew Vork, Monday, March 23, 1857. Mails for Europe. SE NEW YORE HERALD—EDITION FOR EUROPE. ‘Pee Cunard met! etcamship America, Capt. Lang, will fave Boston on Wednesday, at noon, for Liverpool. ‘me Buropean mails wil! close in this city te morrow ‘@Mernocon, at bail-past iwo o'clock. ‘Sho Europeen odition of the Hanatp, printed in French end English, will be published at ten o’clook in the morn. ing. Bingle copies, in wrappors, sixpence. Bedsoriptions and adveriieements for any edition of the ew Yous Hunip wil! be received at the following places tm Burope:— Sa ne ee Lavenrooi—Do. do. 9 ee street. Livwreoi—Joba Heater, 12 Fxobange street Eant & European Express Oo., 21 Rue Corneille. ‘wif ccmbine the news received py mail and & legraph at The office during the previous week, and up te the hour The News. ‘We have received news from Vera Cruz (Mexico) to the 6th instant. San Luis Potesi remained quiet. Gen. Blancarte was still threatening Guadalajara and only awaiting the arrival of reinforcements in order to issue bis pronunciamiento. An anti-Comon- fort outbreak had taken place at Iguala. The rebels entered the town and having shot the Mayor and four or five other citizens, marched on Taxpan. The Indians had committed dreadful outrages on Jalisto and Durango. General Yanez was to watch any fibbusters from California closely, und repel any at- tempt made on Sonora or Lower California. We have advices from St. Domiago City to the 2d inet. President Baez had delivered a message to the Senate, in which he announced that an ar mistice,which would endure for two years, had been entered into with the Emperor Soulouque of Hayti. Ex-President Santana, baving been refused an as;+ Jom on the island of Martinique by the Governor, was re-landed at San Domingo, where the French Vice Admiral (Gueydon) took him on board his ship notil he received further order: from the Emperor Napoleon. To this the representatives of Spain, Eugland and France bad consented. Negotiations had been opened at Madrid, with respec: to the dif- ficulty with regard to the naturalization of Spaniards. It was thought that the question would be settled by an extension of the period of residence now required to obtain the rights of citizenship. The international relations of the country were pleasing to the Executive. Our correspondents in Havana, writing on the 17:b inst., state that the inaugural address of Presi- dent Buchanan had satisfied the Americans, of all sbades of politics, residing on the island. The Spaniards did not comprehend some ot the conclud- ing pbs of the paper, whilst the Creoles thought there was enough said and more intend- ed. <A jarge supply of fresh fish from Key West, under the new executive decree, enabled the people to observe lent comfortably. A cose ia point, descriptive of the blighting effects which a monopoly in the ownership of theatrical buildings has on the exercise of art, talent and pub- Hic tute, is given. Two new theatres are about to be put up, in order that the high prices paid for the use of the Tacon may be reduced. Thirty thoa 1 doilars had been iealized by the charity baca The Spanish bark Eulalia had been burned. Ine gvano commission reported very favorably on the deposits at the Jardenelles and adjacent keys. A trading company, with one million dollars capital, would soon ship the article. It may now be export ed on payment of five dollars per ton into the royal treasury. Sugars continved to advance. Exchange was improving, with heavy arrivals of specie. Advices from Barbadoes to the Ist inst. state that the weather had bien very variable, and not favor able for crop operations; nevertheless a fair amoun' of sugar hed been made. Tue quantity of sugar shipped up to the 25th ult. was 1,633 hogsheads, 95 tierces and 276 barrels The health of the island was al) that could be desired. The markets were well supplied with breadstaffs and lamber. A large meeting bad been held on the 25th ult. relative to the establishment of telegraphic communication with all the islands by submerged lines. The Gov ernor presided, and the en‘erprise will be attended With success. . The Rev. Dr. Cheever preached last evening the second of bis sermons in denunciation of the recent decision of the Sapreme Coart in the Dred Soott cue. He was by no means sparing of his invec- tives against the iniquity of that decision, nor par ticularly choice of language in reference to some of the features of siavery. We cull some extracts from hie discouree. Mesers. Lederer and Epstein, Christian J vee, beld a meeting lest night for the purpose of dix i ith their Jewish brethren the subject ef Christianity. The religions faith of the Christian and Rabinic Jews was explained, and an interesting discussion elicited upon the authenticity of the Gos pels and the advent of the Messiah— whether it has taken place, or is yet to be; whether there is one or two Messiahs, &c. The annexed table shows the temperature of the Mmoephere in New York during the past week, the range of the barometer, the variation of the wind currents, and the state of the weather at three Periods during each day, vie.: at 9 A. M., and 3 and P o'clock P.M. The highest range of the thermo meter was on yesterday afternoon, when it reached 56. The lowest was on Saturday night, 14th ins’. when it marked 32 degrees above zero:— “eeaeeze | syueyee! foeeday — Morn! clear. afternoon clear otaenaay orang cloudy afternoon cloady, night Thoreday—Morning rain; afternoon clear, night snow and ren cemte-—terning cloudy, afternorm clear; night Aeturéey—Morning clear, afternoon sien’ ‘The value of foreign goods imported at the port of Bestop during the week ending \ b inst. amount- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAROH 23, 1867. ed bo 31,957,000, against $769,587 last year—imcrease | Emgliem Polftice-.Fail of the Palmerston Administration. 91,187,414, ‘The cotton market was active on Saturday, with sales of about 6,000 a 6,000 pales, about 6,000 of which were in transite. The market closed firm for the latter, and at an advance of about 30. for parcels in store. The mail advices had a depressing influence om the market for ficur, and the prices of lower and modtum grades were easier, while the higher qualities were without change of ‘moment, with moderate sales. Wheat was inactive, and ‘Or most grades prices were nominal. Small snes of Prime Southera white were madeut $1 62, and red ¢e. st $1 50. Corn was tolcrably sctve. The chief salcs consisted of Western mixed at 100, Pork was: without obange of moment, while sales of new mess were made, bo h on the spot and to arrive, at $24, wth the broker- agoof tp the latter case. Sugars were quite steady, with ao Tair amount of transactions, offre wat un changed, while sales were moderate, Freight room ‘or Liverpool was scarce, and for grain, in bu'k, 6X4. a 74. was demanded, which checked engagements. Heavy goods wero taken at 179, 6d., and flour at 1s. 64., while cotton ranged from <4. a 5-824, Chre Administration and the Office Beggars. | It is said that that sarcastic old statesman William L. Maroy, on hearing that the policy of rotation in office had been resolved upon by the uew administretion, dryly remarked: “Well, hey have it that 1am the author of the office seeker’s doctrine, that ‘to the victors belong the -poils,’ but I certainly should never recommend he policy of pillaging my own camp.” In other words, this sagacious old fogy, like the sly tox swimming the stream, would rather have the gorged flies remain, than have them driven away to be succeeded by a fresh and hungry swarm tbat would certainly bleed him to death before be could make the opposite shore. As described by several of our private cor- respondents, the office begging scenes now daily ‘ranspiring at Washington resemble more the democratic pillaging of the democratic camo under the reign of ravenous anarchy and bad whiskey, than the orderly applications of office »xpectants at the fountain of power. From cwelve to fifteen hundred greedy, impatient aad nsatiable spoilsmen have gathered inte Wash- ngton since the fourth of March, aod large rorces are daily hovering around the White House and the departments, like wolves and val- ures upon the heels and flanks of a wasting army. They have cme in from all quarters ot ‘ue compass, and they comprehend alli sorts of vbaracters and customers; by every train aud teamboat they come— Hark! bark! he dogs do burk! The beggars have o»me to town, ‘Some in rage and some ip tags, And some in velvet gown. Nor isthe supply exhausted. From day to day the daily vacancies in the ravks are filled, and “the ery is, still they come”—old mea an] young men, fat men and lean, fast mea snd slow, healthy men and sickly, clever men, as the world goes, and rogues and ras cals, believers and infidels, water drinkers, rum drinkers, gormandizers, officejobbers, long boys and short boys, financiers, gamblers, blacklegs, stool pigeons and pickpockets—all fraternizing together over the spoils, in the botels, the bar rooms, the oyster cellars, hells and sinks of the federal capital—caucussing, carousing, eating, drinking, swearing, laughing, scheming, shuffling and balancing, bargaining, treating, cheating, dodging, “weeping and wailing and gnashing ‘beir teeth.” The result has been thus far a plentiful harvest to the rat poisoned hotels, bad smelling taveras, um holes, refectories and gambling dens of Pean- sylvania avenue. No wonder that the Board of Health have shut up the largest of the hotels as a public nuisance. It would be well if they could close them all up, aud expel the noxious office begging vermin that infest them, and cleanse, scrub with sand, soap and water, and tumigate and ventilate, every public house in the city, as for the expulsion of the yellow fever. Even a visit of the ye fever would be pre- ferable, one would think, in a sanitary point of view, to the compound pestilence of the office beggars, vagrants and vagabonds, ra's and rat poisoners, and mephitic taverns which now affect the city of Washington. During the last year, with infinite labor, at a vast expense, and by the skin of his teeth, Mr. Buchanan was elected President of the United States, He went on to Washington in February, bale and healthy, sound and strong; but after a sbort stay he returned to Wheatland disgusted, ick and poisoned. He recovers, goes again ty Washington, to assume the duties of his high office, but is barcly in the city a month ere his life has again been put in jeopardy by the deadly gares and “villanous smells” of Washington aotel life, and by the incessant irritations of thow swarming gudilies, the office beggar, siaging in vis ears day acd night: Give me this place, give me that, turn this man out, send that one adrift, ‘or we are your friends, and remember wh cost us to elect you. For every morsel of pluader in the gift of the Executive, for every bone in the jaws of a cus tomer who claims the right to bold it, there are ten hungry dogs jumping, saspping, warling and yelping. And where is all this to end? We have been endeavoring to keep a record of the opera tious of these offize bes , bat each day's transactions efface the arrangements ot the tay preceding. The President bas disposed of rome of the principal appointments ia Pennsy! vapia, South Carolina, Louisiana aud New Eig- land, and we may expect that the loag agony concerning those of New Ye od Virginia will next be settled; but do what the Executive may. the diseppointed to the appointed will be as ten to one, and the former will tarn their backs upon the White House with curacs both load and deep. Within the next six weeks these empty- banded applicants will have saok a sum of no Jess than one husdred avd fifty or two hundred thousand dollars in their vain clamor for the fat berth of Mr. Smith, or the daily bread which feeds the children of poor Brown. In fact, in the ratio of ten to one, when the offives shall bave been disposed of, the epoilsmen of the camp will find themselves decidedly worse for wear and tear, and losses and crosses, on the fourth of July, than they were on the fourth of March. It ie supposed in some quarters that the con- equecces to Mr. Buchanan will be another split or two in the democratic party, as was the case with poor Pierce. But we apprehesd nothing of the kind. Mr. Buchanan occupies an independent position. He bas nothing to ask of disappointed office seekers, and has nothing to fear. He may appoint and disappoint at his pleasure, and his course will not react upon his administration, for the greater iseuce of Kansas and Dred Soott will overshadow everything else in the division of parties henceforth, for perhaps twenty years to come. In this view, it would be well for Mr. Buchanan, well for bis administration, for the country, and particularly for the office beggars, to re-apportion the public plunder with all pos sible despatch, so that the hungry horde who are destined to draw blanks may leave the city ere they become a permanent tax upon their friends or the town. . On the 3d inst., on @ question relative to the movement in China consequent upon the seizure of the lorcha Arrow, Lord Palmerston’s Ministry was beaten in the English House of Commons by a vote of 263 against the government to 247 in ‘its favor. The question at iseue was not one of any con- sequence, Any and every British Ministry would necessarily have pursued the eame course in refe- rence to the Chinese question that Lord Palmer- ston bas, The arguments of the leading speakers against the government were the merest moon- thine; Lord Palmerston’s reply was perfectly conclusive and unanswerable. Yet in the teeth of this, the government is beaten by a majority of 16. And the vote would have been larger, no doubt, against the administration had the various coalescing elements of the opposition been aware of their strength. It is eaid that Lord Palmerston will not par- sue the usual course, and consider the adverse vote ag a signal to relinquish office. Very like- ly; of late years, the differences of principle vetween rival parties in England have shruok into such slender dimensions that statesmen have fre- quently felt justified in retaining office with a ma- jority of the House against them, Lord Joho Ras- sell did so; so did Lord Derby; so did, for a time, Lord Aberdeen. Lord Palmerston proposes to fo!- tow the not very glorious example. But he will enjoy @ very uncommon good fortune if the de- feat of the 3d be not followed by others far mu »re overwhelming in their character. The opposi tion have now learnt their power; they are like- ly te consummate the overthrow of the govern- ment and to foree Lord Pulmerston to resign, as soon as the Earl of Derby is prepared to under- take the daty of forming an administration. The orgen of the Palmerston government intim ites that the Miaistry will endeavor to save itself by dissolving Parliament and appealing to the country; but there seems to be but little rea son to expect a pew verdict on such an appeal, It appears that the British people are tired of Lord Palmerston, who has been with few inte vals for a large segment of a century the prin- cipal working man of their government. He nas done his duty, they seem to think, and now be ought to retire. They have no particular ault to find with him or his policy; but they are tired of seeing him always there with the same cheerful face, aud the same John Bull look, and the same funny speeches, and the same cu ting sarcasms. He has been run long enough; they want a new playbil), with anew programm:, and new pertormers. Aud who are they likely tohave? Evidently the best chance is Lord Derby's, who delivered a four hour speech the other day on the Chinese question in anticipation of office. Lord Decby is a conservative; but «bat a conservative may be in the present s:ate of British politics we will not undertake to say. The only thing that can be asserted positively is that Lord Derby is not a protectionist, and not opposed to popular education, or the extension of the franchise, or the self government of the Colonies, or any other scheme of the party here- ‘ofore known as liberals. If he has any partica. lar principles, they are those of his opponents. If he has a policy to carry out, it is the one he now denounces. He is the head of a party at present, which comprises the stiffest of the stiff- necked torice, and the wildest of the radicals: under his banner march on the one band the men who believe that all Eoyland’s troubles arise from undue popular liberty, and, on the other, the Bright and Cobden faction, who want to put the crown in commission, and sell off the House of Peers at auction. How he will work this pecu- liar composite party in order to carry on the gov- ernment of Eogland, remains to be seen. Bat one thing is certaiu—a seat on the opposition benches in these times will be the most comforta- ble post. Tre Late Ovenatic Camparon—Resvit or Mx. Srxakoscu’s System.—-The highest imagina- tive flight of the directors of the Academy of Music bas beer an operatic season of forty ight, and, as a rule, shorter seasons have ended in a grand collapse of the manager and a foray upon some small town like Boston or Philadel. pbia, with a diminished company and a general razeeing of expenses on all hands. At the com- mencement of the present season Mr. Maretzek took the cream of the business, then quarrelled with the Executive Committee, and went off to Havaca, The Academy then remained closed for two or three months, when Mr. Strakosah was requested to undertake the direction, which he did, simply promising to give twelve nights ot the Opera. He counted cost beforehand, and resolved to pay all the bills, let the result of the experiment be what it might. A manager who intended to pay, whether the money came in or not, was a rara avis, and attracted much attention. At the same time Mr. Strakosch resolved to have no unnecessary expenses. He was a man of business as well as an artist, and he cut off many of the camp followers who had sponged upon pre- vious administrations. In the matter of adver- tising he took the ground which is oceapied by the most successful traders in every line of busi- nets, apd published bis announcements in the daily journals of the largest circulation and widest influence, confident that through them he could reach every patron of the Opera. He cut off all the brigand journals of the Express stamp. and received, as might have been expected, a torrent of abuse in return for bis independence io doing his own business after his own fashion. The small daily and Sundey papers blazed awoy at Strackosh and bie artists during nearly the whole of his firet season, but without much effect. The other managers, who knew as well os Strackosh that a great deal of money had been thrown away upon these journals, looked with amazement upon one who dared to have a system of his own, and to carry it out without regard to the libels of the Bohemian journalists. The fire reason resulted #0 profitably that another was im- mediately commenced under the same manage- ment and upon the same system. The whole number of representations in both seasons was twenty-five. On two occasions—the benefits of Madame de Wilhorst and Mr. Sirackosh —more money was taken than had ever before been re- ceived at the Academy since the present scale o prices was adopted. Mr. Strakosch comes out of his campaign with a haodsome balance on the right side of his books, and every bill paid. The reeult of Mr. Strakoech’s experiment as a whole, and particulary the cordial manner in which the public responded when bis benefit took place, form a convincing proof of the truth of his theory, which we have no doubt will ultimately be adopted by all the other managers. The at- tacks upon him did him no harm, but had rather a contrary effect. The small papers said openly that be wae a bad manager, that his artists could not sing, because he did not give them a few dollars per week for advertiremente of no value to him. Every resident opera goer saw through this rcheme at once, and went to the Academy as often as ever, perhaps oftener, so obstinate is this New York public, and so ready is it to sustain man so grostly assailed. The strangers went, asa matter of curiosity, thinking that if the at- tacks were true the Opera must be bad enough to be amusing. So in this case the advertisement was given gratis, and was mach more piquant than the formal official announcement. Mr. Strakogch has had aj] the newspapers on his side that were worth having, while the others have unconsciously made him a hero and put a good many dollars in his pocket. Mr. Strakosch de- serves credit for pursuing his own course, re- gardless ef the opposition of these brigands, and the result of his operatic campaign shows that the public perfectly understood his position. Tus New York Tripune and SpeaKeR BANKS —Several journals in the interior state that the New York Tribune “kicks” Speaker Banks. The “kick,” it seems, was a recent paragraph in the Tribune accusing Speaker Banks of bad advice in the recent Fremont movement, by which, in some measure, the defeat of Fremont was brought about. Speaker Banks happened to be at the Astor, in this city, at the time, aud the “kick” was probably given by the Tribune clique, in consequence of the facility of reaching some part of his character with their political boot. We profess no friendship of a special charac ter towards ex-Speaker Banks of Massachusetts, but we like to see fair play amongst the repub lican rascals, as we used to call them. The de feat of Fremont was brought about by the bad advice, the treachery, and the folly of Seward, Weed, and the other corrupt politicians of that clique, more than by any other cause whatever. Another reason for that defeat was the blundering fanaticism of Greeley and his associates; but the “kick” directed against Mr. Banks by the Tribune arises, we rather think, from the independence with which he selected the Corruption Investi- gating Committee, which disclosed the rottenness, the corruption, the big and little villany and the rascality of the Seward and Weed clique of New York—rascality of such a character as to render necessary at the heel of a Congress the “kicking” out of three members and two editors from the floor of the House. The 7'ribune, therefore, at- tempts to “kick” ex-Speaker Banks because the Pouse of Representatives kicked Matteson, Ed- wards, Gilbert and their associates, Seward and Weed, out of Washington, out of decent society. and out of all reputation. THE LATEST NEWS. BY PRINTING AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPHS. Affairs in Wasbington. SPRCIAL DEXPATCHSS TO THE HERALD THE DALLAS-CLAREN+ON TREATY—TOE NEW YORK COLLBCTORSHIP—CBEVALIER WIKOPF'S NEGOTIA- TIONS FALLEN THKOUGH—) ORD EY'S PROSPECTS— TLE NEW ORGAN—THE ALBANY APPOINTMENTS. Wasainoron, March 32, 1867, ‘The Clarendon Dallas treaty, as amended by the Senate, bas been amended over again by a Cabinet Council, and ‘Will be sent out to England by a special sgeut—Mr. A. Hi Bvans—Dby the steamer on Wednesday next. The amend ments msie by the President and Cabinet will make it more palaiable to the Eogiish government, and will pro Dabiy ensure its confirmation. 1 will get them, and seno ‘hem to you as s00n as possible ‘The union of the interests of Schell and Wood, tn favor of the former, caused a sud den rise in the party of Batter worth; and so Chevalier Wikof's negotiations were a! Keecked in the bead. Several of the members of Con grees went over to Butterwor:h ou! of spite to Schell and Wood; but Butterworth is considered the representative of the Pacific Railroad speculators and the drinking de partmentment of the ‘‘ ranohe’’ here; so he is obnoxious 10 tae President. The fight over the Collect or goes on swim: m'ngly. Sich les is nearty done up. and begins to threaten If Bcbell be defeated by the new combination against Bim, I should not be surprised to see Jadge .’araer trot- ted out by Mayor Wood on one side, aad Royal Phelps brought imto the field by Jonm Cochrane on the othor side. Chevalier Wikoff hes left suddenly for Lake Supe- rior, or some other outlandish plase—henoe his pegot!*- ‘tons have fallen through for want of his presence To ney is here, and may got the Consulship to Liver. peol if be lkes—but he hesitates. Poor Forney bas sot yet got over bis defeat as Senator. It preys upon him all the time. ‘The Union pewspaper is not yet a very strong organ Tt wants more wind in the bellows, Bui this arises (rom ‘the slotness of Mr. Appleton. Daring bis maiady it is ocndvoted by tbe sk brated Perley Poore, who ty undled the wheelbarrow of ayples to Boston, People say bere \bat the paragraphs of the Unis are very ‘‘peariy,”’ but ceviiish ‘poor’ at best. This newspaper organ is princi pally owned by Wendell, who is part democrat, pari black republican, with a large slice of the lobby mem. ber. The President and the Cabinet are Seginsing to think (hat (he era of government orgent at Washington ie past end gone. The printing of Congress is but a job and nothing else. Look out for great events to-morrow It a about to be arranged that Calvert Comstook, 0/ the Atlas and Argas, aball be the next Portmasier at Albany ‘Ss partper, William Cassidy, and bis endorser for Ove thousand dollars, Dean Richmond, of the New York Con gral Raliroad, Daye both been Bere from ihe Aret of tar month, and tt is sald have finally secured » promise trom ibe President, It is pot yet ascertained whether the ap. polztmen! is to be confirmed tmmediately, or to remato abeycroe cntil the term of the present \acambent ex Pres. THE ATH DAY AT THe CAPITAL —SCHRLL ANBAD FOR THE COLLECTORSHIP—TROUBLE AMONG THE CALIFORBIANS—SENATOR BRODERICK OUTORNE- RALLED—THB DANISH SOUND DURS QUESTION— ROBART J. WALKER FOR GOVRANOR OF KANSAS, BTC. Wasuixcrom, Meron 22, 1867 Notwithstanding this is the Sabbath, the politicians have been more busy and sotive than ever. Who isto be Collector at Now York i# the question, The excite ment is most intense, eed certain men have lost their resern, whether by frequent potations or some other cates deporent sayeth not. Schell stock is considerably above par, while Batterworth stoox is evidently on ths deeline. ‘The California appointments do not satisfy the Brode rok interest. Gwin's friends have triumphed. Brode. rick declares openiy thet be will never cross the thres- held of jhe White House while the present incumbent o2- cuptes it. By the last arrival from Earope | understand that oar govern ment rece! ved from the Danish government « pro position fr surrendering the tolls now vied on vessels parsing the Sound, and to secure, im lew thereof, the grees eum, to be arranged beiwees the par. es, which te sald to be three mundred aed eighty Voousand dollars, Such an arrangement has also been «flected by Frapee, Engiand and some other countries. Der mark undertakes, in consideration of tho payment, to maintain lighthouses along the Sound, and keep the lights in proper order forcver, adopting ell the progressive im. provements which may be made in the mode of lighting. Bhe also undertakes to keep ap s corpe of pilets for the ‘une of voesels that may require them, the vessels paying the pilota a moderate compenration. | have reason to believe that negotiations will be opeged by our govern. ment, and thet an adjustment of thie difoulty will shortly be made, leaw Governor Geary to day, and talked freely with bim upon Kaneas aifaire, bat elicited nothing new. He retterates what has already been pudlished. Ho charges all the diMoulties and troubles be has had to encounter im that Territory direetiy apom Pierce's aiministration. The administration are looking around for a proper per. son to send there, 1: will undoubtediy be tendered to Robert J, Walker; but hie friends say he will not ac orpt it. The southern Malt, &o. Bartiwone, Maroh 93, 1867, We have no mali to day south of Mobile Our politicians are at fever beat reg irding the appoint. mente, ard tho possibility that the beet city oftices may be given te polltclans from the interior of the State '& ccouslonizg great grembiing. Non-Arrival of the Circassian, Haurax, Marob 22—A. M. ‘The screw steamship Oircessian which was appointed to leave Liverpool for this port, vie 8t Johns, N. F., om the 7th instant, bas not yet been heard of here. A thick anow storm now prevails, with an oasterly wine, The Cotton Crop. Aveusts, March 21, 1867. ‘The latest information fom al) parts show the decrease in the recetpts of cotten to be 250,060 bales, as compared with the same time last season. ‘The General Assembly of Rhode Island. Paovipancer, March 22, 1857, ‘The General Assembly adjourned on Saturaay, after a session of eleven weeks. The principal business of the session has been the revision of tho State laws. Markets, New Ox.mans. Morch 21, 1857. The sales of cotton to-day were 3 600 baies, at un- changed prices. Decrease im tho receipis of ocottor at th's port, as compared with the same time !ast yoar, 56,000 bales, Moniz, March 20, 1867, Affaire at the Navy Yad. THE IMPROVEMENTS VESSELS AT THE YARD—CON- DITION OF THE NIAGARA, MISSISSIPPI, BTC. Very little work was done during the winter menthe in the Navy Yard at Broos lyn; the approaches to it being: blockaded with ice, materials could not be got for the new’ Dutldingt, Since spring has opened, work has become quite active again. The yard has been cleaned, till it te a model of neatness and order, It is particularly agreca- ble to gofrom the dirty, filthy seething streets of New ‘York into the pleasant premises of Uncle Sam. The caz~ non are arranged in long parallel lines, and the balls are, piled up in reguler py ramids, the smallest of which con- tain 1,240 balls, and the largest 6,760. There are 1,380 men now employed in the yard. The following division: of them will give an idea of the amount of work that te gt lpg on ja the several departme: ‘here are 186 men in the ship carpenters’ department, ‘7 gun carriage makers, 46 employed on the Niagara, 61 waa masere, Ol palatere, 0 boat bulders St prassberae 200 yard nnseers Tein’ steam engineer’ [eee there are 28 machinists, 18 boiler makers aad 13 fire- men. There arc 28 masons. 62 stone cutters, 80 house: rs, 49 dock builders, 130 laborers ‘and oiher amounting in ail to 1,389 mea. Advertiser's marke! olreular reports that tho saies | Wo7kme ic cne TART OR wae seveees interne intra auflenk quantity f jambor ia the umber ie cine nae a Ae me the de. | #Fé 88,(00 oubic feet of white oak timber, and 37,000: 17,€00 in the corres pondir; crease in the receipts at tb mame time last season is 4,000 bales. on hand, 110,0C0 bales, Middling is quotet at 13340. PROVIDANCE, murch 21, 1857. Cotton—The demand bas been steady during the week, with moderate valor, at full rates, The week closes with an upward ten: ency tn } Tho wool market bas been brm, with jight sales, at fall prices Sales of the week, 24,400 los. Print clotha—Market active, ‘end prices tend upward. 4n advanced rate is demanded for a renewal of contracts Sales of the week, 71,000 cubic {cet of yellow pine ter making plank. THE NEW BUILDINGS. ‘They have been to work for some time cn the oskum: shop, which is now nearly completed. It will be pat into operation in a few days, when all the oakum for the. United States Navy will be ma:ufactured in it, Water pipes bave been laid through the yard to and from 1t., @ wachinery for the various departmenis of the ma- obine shop is being completed as fast as posible. pel) he Oy steed been done on the boiler shop and Ory ; amitvery, armory, carpenter’ sbop and plombera’ shop are about com pleted. sii The work om the stone quay, whion {s being built sroutd the upper part of the navy yard is going on quite rapidly; they aro cutting the stone and layiog them om the wall in front of the saw mill. D¥SIGNS FOR MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS IN THE BOS- TON NAVY YARD. The Obie! Engineer of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Jesne. Gay, has jately been engaged tn preparing a plan for the iron works in the Boston Navy Yard. which consist of am tron and brass foundry, imithory, boiler shop and ma~ obine All there buildings are to be in one iron te ly Covering 2 space of 660 feet by ase teot. ice open.” Tuo. beer shop ts Tn he open. epece ence contained between paraliol sides of the figures, and will supply steam or wer to the works cf sil the other buildings. It iikewise form an outlet for the flues of the forges in the other shops. The suoke from these forges will Grawp by suction in pipes runping under the ground tbe chimney of the boiler shop, through which it wil. encape. VESSELS AT THE YARD—THE NIAGARA. The steamship Niagara recently received orders frou the Secretary of the Navy to proceed to Kogiand and take on board part of the telegraph cable, and io con~ nection with en English steamship, lay it ging the At lentic. This versel is now nearly © ; The mas spars, riggitg, ic, are all op. the abip cergeaten’s work ts al. som joinery work, w! be ccmpleted in s few days. Very litle bas to be done: to prepare her for sea, to They bave commenced to put in will not take her guzs along with her; she will kave here probably about the lst of April. me eocemen ore Bow enge; up da ny peaking tubes through the abip, &9. eg ‘The Mississippi, which is to ao. the Niagara ta. Epg.and, bas been rebuilt and ly repaired; the ‘work upon her is now nearly finished. Her boilers and epgin¢s ave in and all their conreotions nearly complet ed. the smoke pipes are al! ready to decks are on, and everything is ready for Putuing up her wasts, epare, riesieg, & 3 One as compare! with tho ton Correspondence. Wasmnctom, March 20, 1857. The Naval Court of Inquiry—The Way it is Managed. ‘The Nava! Court of Inquiry now ia session here, is at traoting no littieshare of public attention, and fis pro ceed!s ge will be watched with the greatest ixterost. The strapge and unaccountable ¢ffort ef the Pierce administra tion to prevert justioe being done the two hundred and one ¢ floers who bad begn tried and condemned withont a bearing by ihe immorial ‘Star Chamber,’ received lis climax in the opinion given (per order) by Mr. Attorney General Cusbing. on the proper construction of the act of \6th Janoary, 1857. This opinion preseats some new— vertainly ecme very grave features. In regard to the mode of procedare by the Court of In quiry, Mr. Cushing says:—"In oliber oase (of a droppe? or reserved cfflceer) he prefers written re- that the Secretary of the tbe proc Japvery is “an act to amend, &o,” and was Congress to remedy a great wrong which bad petratea by the Navy Department in the exeout fl HL sotof 28th February, 1856. Its this wrong sew act contempistes as ‘the foundation of dure;” twas the fact wat these officers *pprized of the accusations aga'nst them, nor were ovniropied with their acou! but had bee: tp tbe dark. Congress the late act to afurd this \pjustice, and the department sheuld have seal from the recret E i i 3388 © Deval Cusping, ip order to ssreen these witnesses: cerry out the fixed pul Of the Pier ce administration, deoides that tre cficer’s written request is the foundation juenily he is force before ry a8 piainul—yet brarded with guilt ¢ Of w iris|—and is required to prove his invo cence. ag there ever be'ore a! & per version of loga! Doi pies: completing Work on ber. pect to baye steam Up iD two weeks. The Wabash, which got op « reef of Aspinwall task ‘Win er, Wes put tn the cook om ber return and repaired. 4 ance, Ber iwjury was ight; she bes been recaulked Low betr; oe oer a ae ta closed Captam Ring = iF iron wor’ shes eb ale eal ee 2010 wos: ot of course fs wholly unprepares, | 2 con as bho takes eeerees cess: So einpereeien. tee and teutens ber riyging, for which she wall re: m6 for rept rc fures to let tt be Bnown who will next be . See isthe flag ship of tne i the couptry. or go to trial unprepared, whiob the depart | end rcfitied. Her veck bas been taken off, also her ment pe ews to ‘and consequently fail in establish. | Wales, batteries, planks, masts, spars, &:. She ts to be. ing bis innecence. rebuilt, replankec, sid new timbered whcro it is re- tupprse cne of the officers whose case is to be in | quired, also to bave new masts, spare, rigging, &c., &o. veatign }obowd come ee een pol pati pe ing the a her ball wilt ve completed in about two Investigat| for law sl = pee hand ‘The North Caohns te Kept, as usual, in tho neatest tim by Commander Rowan; everything om board is kept 1m the most perfect order The spars and top rigging bave beep taken down, and will be thorough!y There are at present three hundred and cigdty psr- ‘ons. en board, two hundred and eighty-seven off co Fussey “by the Gorge, Lay, ve foop on Fiday by : OF tne sloop: ct war Decatur im the aquadrou Commander: + owan contin laudable practise of arilliag the re- word exercise, with the ah is the receiving ship im the fig ® practise rutts daily, ta be guns, &o. ve out and she was 7 thus far, te Tepaired. She bad previegs- retey mech all on one vide nnd exprbite ot re undergoing repairs. coubt not the Jud; vooute ‘ Cbamber Cours te direct bim ia Brand; sand bas Boon Jayiog im ordis Sabine was built nearly four ago She hat never been to sen, but bas laid up in ordinary ever since: Ae vtoveanip Ratiet has been im the dosk, examined, }@ ator: a. = and they are now overhauling her rigging, epers, Court of Special Sessions. Bofore Jadge A. D. Raseell. THE JODGR AND THE PRTTIFOGGRERS, Maxcu 31 —The court room was crowded to ia utmos® Capacity this morning with prisoners, witnesses and £700- (ators, and by looking at the culprit’s box ome would !ma- Otver 8 Dewey, Gcrscoxe, North Carolina, reap- be Collecior ry 2 i isle and who to ae People Me at Merquotr " Wiltow A. Pratt whore of omioe hae expired poten RS Jebu C, Blanchard, of Michigan, to be Keguter Tt, Wit cies cations pe oT Ir os ist ace's Ech naps ae ee We piace of go W. Sweet removed. ag fond Willfam &. Rucker, of Missouri, to be Register of beg —— Lane Uffice 91 Piattsburg, Missouri, im the piace please the Cocrt,”” ob Allen, of ich , to be Reoetver o ms2¢0, ran im the place ot I i i ki , im the place of é At Lee, whose term ot office expired. of ‘counsel, “be ‘The Manhattan Ges 5 ey Immense 70 THE EDITOR OF THR MEAaLD. My A a Ip ap article published im your paper of this morning complainant was beaded ‘The Gas Companies,” suspicions and suppeattions for aa intimate ore suggested which are certainly very severe and toja Lm Lie rious to the oompanies, and especially #0 to the Manhat sod wih tan Ges Compary. This company bas recently been sub be hie eatel- jected 10 a rigid examinetion by a Committee of the Board segue”. of Couneiimen, and frem the testimony elictied the follew vegetar; looking ing facts were established :—1. The quality of the gas hay i been uniforialy good. %. The meters by which fi ba .” Tae mother of me berm messured to the consumers are correct, and of the endeavored im vain wo moat reliable kind. 8. That ft t# impossible for the in party let truss of Socuncky be cgntnes te evenpunry. 4 in a Jutta Jackson, who "eat charges with ee | tom iio ora tre tnder the lowes! | broviat'a veiy”tarlows” charge, aguas “tne mua fen nraugh, te ‘verse of comstmers, wines 4ivng But of course her story was not credited, and she wae wore X= hy ee sent to the ary fr six months. It is really the maine which it the These | smusing to wi tbe straagems which these unfor- an how can it be that the | 1unate persons resort to \n order to pucieh meat. suspicions in your conta vig hy eerained Every plea which bomen can dovito ws eagerip Tn to be fatr, honest, | tried, and it is acommon prac:ioe fomaics to borrow iaaKetan Coo Company vas shows notsing inet jonttes | sympaisais menses see ease een he Perens! an ‘the article complained of nee ee cad ot FOUtER DODO. . Fourth owiries Come mia ae tendst tReet sg large eum of monoy, was gone.’ A nem of tated that they Were noted picxpockste., a atlantic Fire Insurance Compyny ve. than © Pores. for piaint tit Rémonee vr. Daniel B Allon —N. to abide event eer er ss Peal A. Brez va, By Farmer ot. 8i.—Jadgment for . Commercial Fi : ~n Par ire lowerance |. Johnson, execntrix, &e. River Railroad Company — Jodgment “at Cn