The New York Herald Newspaper, April 13, 1857, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1857. NEW YORK HERALD. | JAMES GORDON BENNETT, EDITOR aND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE N. W. CORNER OF PULTON AND NASSAU OTS Votem «xp. +o 1028 AMCSEMBATY Trip BYBRI Aw — ADWAY THEATSS, Sroadway—Y.uxe Wivow - ast Dare or Pouren NIBLO'S GAMDEN, Brosdway-Itavau Oren .—La ‘Teaviate. BOWSsY CHBATRB, Sewery—Consican Buoraxus— Pap penx THE GREAT. BURTON'S ABW THBATSE, Sroedway, sppostte Bond st. ~smansrencas Revivar—Winten’s Cars. WALLACE’S THEATRE, Broadway—Isisa Heinrss— Keut o# Couns. yas KEENR’S THBatss 6% Brosdway—Love or 4 Paince—Tus Sivas, on tae Status Baros. BaShUM's AMERICAN MUSEUM Broadwar—Aner- pooa—Reraxp ver 4m Orrver—Livenicx Bor, Sveming— ‘Wiexsp Wire— Mountair Maro GEO, ONSIFTY . AD WOOD'S MIN “TRBLS, 444 Broad. way ‘Punvosmasces— Tus Musny. ‘J DI ‘Ge Broadwe: ee SERSS A) pane 4 y—ErmoryaR MBOBARICS * ALL Broadway—Naoro Mucopum, &c.—Bos Ruver Mad Baranrs MInerREls. NIBLO'S SALOON, Broadway- We Scumvissen's Fist Guanp Vocas AnD ipeTaUMsBet.t Coscent. TABBRNAOLE, Bros amp romon Bat ap Ent ‘York, Monday, Aprt! 13, 1857. Awey—Me. Daurstes’s Excunn eR TATEMRWT, Notice to the Political Friends of Fremont ‘The honest and outspoken political supporters of John C. Fremont are earnestly advised to form, as soon as possible, standing committees and clubs in every town, precinct, district, city or county of the United States and thus prepare the way properly to enter the field for the Presidency in 1860. Unless the friends of Fremont begin at once to act in this way, he and his suyporters will be cheated by the corrupt politicians who are now seeking the ma- mnagement and control of the republican masses | throughout the country. Now is the time to begin the great movement for 1860 by forming honest centres of union and intelligence against corruption, fraud and incipient revolution. Nouce to Advertisers. In will be necessary for adver isers to hand in their business notices before eight o’cicck tn the evening. | ‘Time is of the first tmportence tore after sundown. ted by sll who’ knew him. Tho bark Snithead, | hy the Executive, ander the mierepresentations Henning, from Paramaribo, Surinam, bound ‘or | of beads of bureaus influenced by the lobby, Amsterdam, with 300 hbds. of sugar and 45 bales of | might fasten disrepute aod opprobrium on an cotton, got on the Cobiers on the 18th, and soon | administzation headed by even so pure a man as after went to pieces. She had on doard eleven sea- | Mr. Buchanan. Clear the departmenta, and look men and one paesevger, all of whom perished ex- | cut for the charks, Don’t fall into the mistake ot cept the second mate and three seamen. The island is healthy. The growing crops do not look so well a6 at corresponding periods of other years, but more acres by one-third are under cultivation now than ever before which will make up for at least an ave- rage crop. The vslue of foreign goods imported at the port of Boston during the week ending the 11th instant amounted to $856,033, showing a decrease of $378,219 as compared with the corresponding period of last year. ‘The wales of cotton on Saturday embraced about 1,500 6 2,000 bales, part in transita at firm prices. A line of goed midtiing Movile it wae said sold at 155, Private telegraph despatches from New Orleans reported the re ceipts of the week at 14,600 balcs agatvat 42 000 the pertod last year. at Mobile the reoetpts for bad been 4,000 against 6 0CO last yoar for the sai e K pe riod. The total decline in rece'!pts at the Southern poris | was atated at £50,000 bales. Common grades of four Wore dull and easier, while a fair Jooal and East ern dimand extsted for the higher to good extra grader, which wore firm with a fair amount of calce, Wheat was inactive, and prices for all grades excep! for prime qualities, dull and irrega- Jar. ales of Southern and Canadian white wore made at $160, Corn was firmer and in good demand, with sales of Sontnern and Jersey new ys!low and Western old mix. 4 at 605. 9700. Pork was heavy and lower for mers, with eafen at $22 90 a $28, and prime at $19 59, Scgars were firm and activo, with gales at full prices. Coffee continued firm and quiet. Freights to Liverpool and London continacd dull and engagements moderate, ‘There were some engagements for Copsnhagen, Hamburg end Bremen, while to Havre rates were unchanged and epesgements ligt The Washington Lobby in a New Field of Action, The press and the country generally have fal- len into the habit of associating the idea of lobby members at Washington solely and exclusively with their operations in the two houses of Con- gress, It is an error, however, te suppose that these omnipresent and omnipotent gentlemen oc- | cupy 60 restricted a field of action. The lettera of the Washington correspondents, which we pub- | lich to-day, afford a glance at the operations of | theee gentry in a totally different though some- what analogous sphere; they show that after the adjournment of Congress a large deputation of the | lobby members remains in Washington, whose ‘ashe News. Affairs at Albany will attract the attention of the public this week—the last week of the session of the Legislature. Nearly all the corrupt schemes affecting the city will probably become laws. That relative to the ‘‘Broadway Railroad’—or “for the relief of Broadway,” as it is called —has passed the Assembly, and 1s now before the Senate. One of our | correspondents alludes to it in another column. The | Property owners along the route will have to be | active if they wish to prevent its becoming a law. The bill was published in the Heaaup last week. | We publish to-day letters from our correspondents | at London and Paris, contaiving interesting sc | counts of the political and social movements go- | ing on at those capitals, together with a number of extracts from our Earopean files brought by the Nia- | gara. ‘The financial circles of London were greatly ex- cited, owing to the discovery of several enormous swindling s‘ock transactions ani defalcations. One projected banking concern had cheated its dupes to | the amount of seventy thousand dollars without staking the first step towards commencing business; ‘another had closed up after sinking its entire capi- tal of a million apd a quarter; a steamship company hed been defrauded of a quarter of a million; and an Australia agricultural company had squandered two millions of dollars and seven thousand acres of land, the sharebolders, meanwhile, being kept in profound ignorance of the condition of its affairs. In the intense political excitement now prevailing throughout Great Britain, these events create mere- ly a passing remark, but they foreshadow a coming crisis of a magnitude and importance heretofore upfelt in the world. The French pspers contain some additional infor- mation with respect to the !ste British naval demon- | stration in the port of Nangasaki, Japan. It ap- | pears to have had the effect of producing from the | Emperor more liberal orders with regard to general | ‘rade. With respect to the Danish Sound dues the | English government had issued in-tructions to ship- | masters as to how they were to act in paseing the | Sound at the time the toll was to be finally abolished. | Further reperte from Sir John Bowring and Admiral | Seymour as to the progress of the war in China had | been published in London, Mr. Buchanan's inan- | gural address was still commented on by the press of | Paris and London. Lord Palmerston’s supporters owere pretty coufident of his ultimate triamph. Mr. | Smith, Cousul of the United States in Londonderry, | Me eland, having hauled down his flag owing to some -dif, ieulties with the local magistrates, a good deal of | sons ation was produced in that city. The official repo ton the French budget for 1858 figures ous a | lange , “orpins revenue. Very contradictory reports -comting ed to be forwarded from Madrid as to the | actael m te of the Mexican imbroglio. | Mr.Dr, mmond has resigned the office of Justice | of the Sa, Teme Court of Utah Territory. We give | his deter t the Attorney General in another part | Of today's p Pet It reveals a deplorable state of things, endo, "ming as it does from one whose offi- -olal postion mong the Mormons was such as to ‘ailord thee moat Teliable information, is entitled to ‘elief. The steamer, °" of the Pacific was launched St high water ong *arday night, without accident — or the appliance of , ekth upon the way. ern carrying her off ac? pe 90 met 5% whe SE) wen oo ral vteamtugs, the renewal of the | + and the water casks at the | the moment the blocking was } ‘ws the temperature of the | tk during the past week, ter, the variation of the | ‘e of the weather at three | «= at0 A.M, and 3 and range of the thermo- ‘oon, when it reached day night, 6th inst, we zero:— emoved. ‘The annexed table sin ‘mosphere in New Yo © range of the barom 4 wurrents, and the ste fede domageech day, vo ‘Weck P.M. The higher Oc was on Toosday after The lowest was on Mot @ it-marked 25 degrees aly 0 ¥ The Fra oe Ree) REY Betnrd y—Movving olenr sai pioasnot atternooa “ Digi wovnlight aod clear. “Seieem Mornirg clonay; a erncn clout with wind; ‘htenoe ping rato; alternoon meds, Th ve; aight Ij , rather suddenly in this town, mach regret- ower aanould, eternova a srive clase and cold; aftarue "2 Cle, Oar attentive correspondent at Bridgetown, - | padoes, under date of the 25th witimo, writes a ne lows:—Severn! Atserioun whalers are beingengy ted catching *hales off the coast, and so far have be °0 very fortanate Mr. Drysdale, Secretary of the Go * ernment, and Acting Governor at St. Lacks, ha § been appointed Lieutenan! Governor of Tobago, ed Mr. Breen bas mcceeded Mr. Drysdale in St. Joon W Tynes, Beq., aged 48 years, died on business it is to attend to the consummation of the jobs initiated in and passed through Congress. Many of the claims pressed through under the influence of the lobby and by the general reck- leseness ot members, within the last few nights precedixg the adjournment, are legalized in the torm of instructions to the Secretary of State, of the Interior, of the Treasury, of the Navy, of War, the Postmaster General or some other head of department to examine, ascertain and audit the same. If, therefore, an honest secretary, comptroller or auditor were left to himself and uninfluenced by one or more members of the lobby, he would be very likely, on examising most of these claims, to declare that nothing whatever was due upon them by the government of the United States It is this which creates the necessity for a corps of the army of lobby members to be permanant- ly stationed in Washington. The letters of our corre: pondenta show how they generally manage that branch of their businees. There is a great deal of injury and wrong to the public interests to be apprehended from this source of corruption. We have seen, as our cor- respondent refers to, the enormous hauls made upon the treasury under the Galphin and Gardi- ner claims—claims founded altogether on the grossest deception, and the latter one supported by the crimes of forgery and perjury. But, after | all, the loss in money is of small consequence compared with the evil effects on the public mo- | rality of permitting fraudulent claims to be so easily and impudently imposed upon Congress and the executive departmenta, No doubt every administration, on its first introduction into office, enters upon its career with the best inten- tions poseible. The recretaries to whom the vaiious departments are entrusted are generally men of high character and ability; but they are of course wholly unacquainted with the details of their office, and must, at first, rely more or less on the ability and integrity of the comp trollers auditors, cvief clerks, or other heads of bureaus, These officers are, it seems, the object of the cares and attentions of the permanent branch of the lobby; and hence it is a very usual and not very difficult matter to get elaims eudited and paid on the incoming of a new ad- ministration which have been rejected by prior administrations, and which would hardly be allowed {f the Secretary bad only time to make himeelf conversant with its history, instead of relying implicitly on the representations of his subordinates, Mr. Buchanan is himself one of the purest men of whom the country can boast. There are very few of our leading public men who can present such « clean record in point ef purity of character as be can. In a public life of forty | years be presents himself in the White House without a stain. All his Cabinet Ministers en- joy a like character for fntegrity, honor and purity. They are all men of inde- pendent fortunes and of upright and honora- ble character. It is not to be presumed that any one ot them can be personally affected by the contaminating influeuces of the lobby. Bat they are still subject to be operated upon through their principal subordinates, who really have the ma- nagement of the departments more or less in their own hands. It is there that the danger lies. These chiefs of bureaus are not all so inde- pendent of the allurements of the lobby as the interests entrusted to their care demand. Such shoald be promptly removed, and replaced hy competent and honest men, selected from the rank and file of the clerks, many of whom are excellent, honorable and talented men. But ho- est and «flicient officers should not be sapplant- ‘a by mere politicians, who have generally as Tittle ty as honesty, Mr. Whittlesey, for in- stance, ref to certify the account of Cullom, Clerk of the Honse of Representatives, for thove 12,000 worth of booke which the republicans nd Know Nothings of the last Honse dishonc tly voted themeelvee, until he (Callom) produces the vouchers for the same, The vouchers are not fertheoming, and never con!d be, unless ob* sined lusion. Ali the reqnisitions are therefore wit wn, af d are not to be presented until Mr. Whittlosey is re d, next month, by & ‘more | facile and lees ¢ ng oficial. So much for re- moving faith, nl re, © It is ag Hanger from ench a quarter that r. Bachenan and bis Cabinet eh uld most | jealously guard. They should eqaally avoid the | error of removing capable and trustworthy officers, and of retaining in office men whose bility ard integrity ate not above question The Mattesoue, and Edwards acd Gitberta of taat Congress brought odiam and disgrace on the entire body, and eo fraudulent claime, sanctioned | General Taylor and Mr, Fillmore, or “poor | Pierce.” Je eae nein | Tar Hansor Kycroacument Biiu.—As this | meacure has passed tne Senate, and is ina fair | way of being adopted by the other braach of oar | State Legislature, it may be expected sqpa to be- | come a law. Should it pags in its present tora, | it will put a final stop to those encroachments | which have been going on for many years past, | aud which, if not prevented by legislative enact- | ments, would bave seriously interfered with the | commerce and navigation of our harbor. | The Legilature come years ago conferred cer- tain powers upon the Common Council of New | York, authorizing them to make grants of water privileges to the riparians or owners of water lots on the East and North rivers, wherever and whenever the interests of commerce might be benefitted by the granting of such privileges. | These grants were comewhat loosely worded, and the riparians took advantage of this tact to ex- tend their piers beyond the limite to which they | were prescribed. Not satisfied with their privi- leges, they ran ont piers far beyond the boundary linc, and one owner filled in over three thousand equare yarde, the land thus made being convert- ed into city lots and sold for his owa eepecial be- nefit, There is also a large space—between four | and five acrese—which was taken off the North river, at the end of Washington market, and on which market sheds have been erected. In both these cases the State will undoubtedly claim the property thus made, and it is confidently expect- ed will be able to recover it. The ripariacs persnaded the Common Council to parsan ordinance which would have the effect of narrowing the ‘channel opposite the reef off the south end of Blackwell’s Island to four hundred and fifty feet, and extending their water privi- lege to the same length beyond the Cemmirsion- ers’ boundary line. By this extension the bulk- heads would be run out into fifty feet water, rea- dering it utterly impossible to construct piers. | But this was not all, for as large vessels require at least three thousand feet to turn in, they would be prevented by this encroachment from passing | this point in the East river. If this ehould not | be cheoked the large area of water known as | Kipp’s Bay will be, in course of time, completely | filled in, and thus one of the most secure harbors for the coasters bound up the Sound will be lost to the port. In their report the Commissioners recommend the construction of basins similar to those of Lon- don and Liverpool, instead of piers and docks such as now line our rivers. | Tue Best Joxe or THE Seasox.—All of our readers will remember that a short time since Strakosch, the late manager of the Opera at the Academy, succeeded is kicking up one of the most extraordinary newspaper rows ever known in this | belligerentlocality. Mr. Strakoech announced pub- licly that he should confine the Opera advertise- ments to the leading journals of the city, a French and a German paper. The indignation and an- noyance of the excluded journals were delicious. Even the heavy Courier joined in the attack, al- though it commenced, as usual, about four weeks after Mr. Strakoach had retired from manage- ment. All the minor journals succeeded in making themselves absurd, while the Sunday papers showed that there was still a deeper depth of indecency than that to which they | bad before descended. The editors ot the rag-bag Express were particularly wroth, and railed at | Strakorch in the very worst Eaglish they could | iavent. They print a paper on the outakirts of | journalism, and they were terribly afraid that | they would lose their free admission, which they had by courtesy. Another evening paper, which | aspires to the position of a tasbionable gazeite, | was likewiee savage against the manager, the | fashionable editor desiring the Opera advertise- ment to give bum a place in society. Even with all the attractions of manly beauty, charming oratory, an easy flow of small talk and a sort of overpowering Pecksniffian ensemble, he would not dare to enter a drawing room and be unable to say what Opera was to be given on the next evening. So the war commenced in earnest, and continued during two months, causing inflaite | atnusement to metropolitan readers who under- stood the joke, and making Strakosch a great hero in the provinces. His é¢meute with the jour nals made him as much notoriety oat of New York as was achieved by the parties in the great murder, or the amorous coachman who stole the heart of the liquor deal- e's daughter. As he has in hand @ grand concert enterprise, with Thalberg, this notoriety is exceedingly valuable, and it has given him an amount of gratuitous advertising which he could not have obtained for any amount of money. Our people like what is called pluck better than any other manly virtue, aad Strakosch is viewed asthe nero who dared to stand up and defy a dozen hostile newspapers, which, as Napoleoa | eaid, are popularly believed to be more terrible than an hundred thousand bayonets. Strakoach is sharp enongh to turn this to account, and ithas | aircady put a great many dollars in his pocket. Now if the journals which assailed Strakoech had remembered the injunction of Doctor Watts, and not allowed their angry passions to rise, they would have shown more philosopby and a far greater amount of good sense. The trath of the matter is, that Strakosch really spent aboat the | same amount of money in advertisingas Maretzek | or any of the other managers, They, however, did their business quietly, whilehe made a fuss about it, for the express purpose of being assailed and thereby creating an adventitious excitement, which was inflaitely relished by the public. The amour propre of the minor press waa wounded, and the editors jumped into the trap, those of the least importance making the greatest noise. They were completely bumbugged, and made a hero of the manager whom they hoped to crush. It is to be boped, but not expected, that they will learn wiedom by experience, Ovr New Crry Onarten avy va Appenpa- Our law makers at Albaoy have passed through both houses our new city charter; our net polis pill and the several extra appendages esury to perfect these echemes aud to increase our taxations to some twenty-five of | thirty millions, may be expected to follow. All } this, too, without a petition for it, and in apite of | the remonstrances of the people cone -tued, | There hw never been anything done so impudent- ly and cea ‘temptuously in defiance of public opin. jon, Well, ,it is possible, that some of out pablic officers may re. vist these high handed proceedings at Albany, by he \ding on to their places in epite | of these new arrang, ements, until the fandamental jaw in the premises “all have been thoroughly tried. We shall see, ae deemed net Tue New Consrrrurion oy Mextco—An Ex- TRAORDINARY PRovision.—The reputtic has solemaly adopted a new constitution, We give a summary of some of its most remarkable provisions elsewhere in our columns. It declares in its secend article that all persons born in the republic of the Mexican United States are born free, and that all slaves touching the Mexicas territory regain by that act their liberty, aud have a right to the protection of the lawa. So far as this article goes, we cannot and do not question the right of the people to declare this principle in their constitution. But the fifteenth article contains an extraordinary provision. It is that no treaty shall be celebrated by the re- public for the extradition of political offenders, or of those delinquents of the common order who have held, in the country where the crime was committed, the condition of slaves, It ia the lat- ter part of this clause which strikes us as extra- ordinary. The constitution of Mexico, solemnly and deliberately adopted, thus makes an excep- tion in favor of slave criminals over free crimi- nals. It holds out an inducement to the slaves of the contiguous elaves States ta rob, pillage, massacre and commit the most horrible offences, by aesuring them that if they only flee to the Mexican territory they shall never be delivered up to justice. While we do not question the right of every people to form their own constitutions and es- tablich their own laws, still there must be a ra- tional limit to the exercise of that right. We cannot recognise the extension of the principle to the length of warranting one people to pro- claim to the disaffected classes of a neighboring people impunity for crimes of the highest order. And that is virtually what Mexico has done. It is not only an extraordinary provision, but it is one fraught with immense danger to Mexico. Tae Katiocn Case—Wuo Comes Nexr?— ‘The results of the late trial of the Rev. Mr. Kal- loch at Boston present some of the sublimest features of cool and daring impudence and pitiful delusion that we have read or heard of since the wonderful times of old Cotton Mather. Here we have three or four credible witnesses testify- ing directly to the criminal proceedings which they witnessed between this reverend shepherd and one of the pet lambs of the fold; and yet he finds a jury to whitewash him, and a faithful flock who rush to his rescue and resolve that he | is as innocent asa child, and as clean in his high office as the Apostle Paul. | This is abead of the grand glorification at | Ninety-Six, in South Carolina, last summer, in | honor of Chevalier Brooks and his savage assault | upon Senator Sumner; for in that jubilee it was | only an act of fierce ruffianism that was glorified | asan actof patriotism, but in this disgusting business at Boston the reverend drinker of whia- key slings and the adulterer is exalted by his cburch as a model of temperance and as a perse | cuted angel of purity. Well, it is only in Masea- | chusetts, South Carolina, Old Virginia and Utah | that the sublime effrontery of their chivalry and their saints can astonish the rest of the world. What o prophet! what @ shining light in the tabernacle would Brother Kalloch be at the Great Salt Lake! A handsome man, a shrewd and learned man, a young man, & bold man, a dashing ladies’ man, he might as pire among the Mormons to the sceptre, the harem and the gift of tongues of the terrible Brigham Young. Have not the Mormons a mis- sionary or so among the Gentiles of Massachu- | sette? Hot whiskey, too, in spite ofthe liquor law, | at five dollars a drink and no questions asked? Wonderful people, those Boston puritans of the | Baptist persuasion. Can’t we have a sermon | from the Reverend Mr. Kalloch, on spiritualism | and whiskey, in the Tabernacle ? | | | | Tue Orrice Hunters—Tnx ForerGs Aprornt- meNTS.—It will be seen from our Washington | despatches, that in expectation of the early con- | sideration of the foreign appointments by the | Cabinet, there are patriots on hand in any quan- | tity, ready and anxious to serve their country in | the most distant, the most sickly, the most | savage, and the least desirable places on the face of the earth, as well as in the most charming, | luxurions and profitable situations, It will be seen, too, that New York, Pennsylvania, and poor old Virginia, furnish, as usual, the largest proportions of there office begging jackala. Old Virginia: epecially, is becoming more and more | a sorry pensioner upon the public treasury. But why any of these able bodied men secking | these consulates, who are capable of securing by honest industry at home a good living, should prefer the vagabond life of a mission to the Feejees, or the like, we cannot divine. Aversion to honest labor, lazinces, in short, must lie at the bottom of this office begging mania, or we should | not eee, for example, the Virginia farmer's house and barn and fences tumbling and rot- ting to the ground, while his sons are off at Washington begging for some clerkship, or some little place abroad, or anything to keep soul and body together without hard work. It is to | be hoped that Mr. Buchanan will make short work of the present swarm of beggarly drones about him, and dismiss the surplusage with a hint that honest labor is the medicine they most require. Ksermm Scypay at tam Oncvrones Yeermepiy—Parua Dowsa im THe Cnores,—The celebration of Easter Gunday siwaye attracts crowde of believers to the different churches, more especially to those of the Catholic faith. A shor; t'me since St Stephen's wae the weekly rendez vous of many of onr most fashionaDdie citizens, attracied thither by the feot of the artiste of the Opera performing im the choir, and the edifice was crowded at an carly bour on exch coossions as the Pigue. Every piace of ‘worsbip in the city of any pretensions to partiouier re spectabliity now glories in the possession of a prime dor ne, to say notbing of a tenor, baritone and barso An impreepario cantly choose a capital operatic troupe from the vartowa choirs of the Empire City. These choirs end must eventual'y obviate tho nec ssity of Indies and gentlemen secking ‘or thet inrtroction im France and Tialy which they can obtain equally woll and much ehoeper at home. The Church of the Jorniia, im Sixteenth stroet, wae densely crowdee yosterday mori ing, 18 wae coder stood that 8 now mase was to be porfo med for the fret me. Th end constets of e Kyrie ( belle), Gloria, Credo, with the resurrection, Sanctus aod Agaua Dot, Although it had been rehearsed bat once, tt went of with prillialt ofeot. Miss Ads Robinson, who is, we anderstan’, soon to give ms concert at Niblo’s, perform-4 ia the obolr, Hor role approvches the mezz> eaprano, and is of coneidern ble compare; Ber upper notes are pnrtinnierty disinet and musricn!, And he porresses gest powerant artistic exocution. We onderstand that Mise Robinson te prooeedw g to }raly. there to porteot ber eindies, doubt rot she wll retern with am Karopoen repaiaiion Previat ov Haver Ciay —Yostercay wae the aaniver. eary of the birth of the great comprominer, Honry Olay, who was born on the 12th of April, 1777, The only pub lie Feoognl lon of the event tll be by the mombors ot the Clay Asvcotation. ho will celebrate thotr twelfth an. nasi fratival atthe Lafarge House thie evening. Time war, and not ro long ago eliher, whom the anniversary of Heory Cley's birthday would excite more enthasiaem than th now does, HE LATEST NEWS. Affeire in Washixgton. THE FOREIGN APPOINTMENTS PLENTY OF PATRI- OTS—THE COUNTRY BaPE. Wasuixoros, April 12, 1867. ‘The subject ot she foreign appointments will now very sbortly be takem wy by the Osbinet. There are thirty or forty ministers, charge® and secretaries of legetion to look alier, and there are Ai lenet one hundred and aihy hopeful epplicante on bine Already for these pltoes. New York, Penpsylvania avé Virginia stand tn the pro portion of about twenty candidstes pach, the resi being divided among the otber States an4 Territories. The consuls constitu'e axother branch of the foreign service, requiring about one hundred men to fill the consulates of any value. Of theag the salary, or tho feos ‘and perquisites, range from an sunual imoome of five bunéred to ten or twelve thousand dollars, te Liverpool ‘and Havana consvlates betng first amozg the best, and that vo the Imeum of Musca, among ihe very worst. For the sforesaid bundred consular p'aces there are about a thousand epplicants—the spoils democracy of New York, the loafing, small beer poltticians of Peonsylvania and the proudand beggarly obtvairy of old Virginia, as usnal, fernisbing a fall third of the whole aumber. It ts not yet determined whether, in reference tc the foreign ecbedule, the direos cocizins of rotation, or the Are getting to be locke’ upon as true écoles de munque, | wa in from the pon of Prof William Borgo, | policy of a mew appointment, at the expiration of the commission of this or that incumbent, ehall hold good Perbape in the ose ef Mr. Mason, at Paris. bis term may be permitied to run out, for various reaous, uniees Mr. Midell should become impationt of delay. Bat there are other cases, first and seoosd class, which will donbtless be diaposed of in @ more summary manner. MR. BECRETABY TOUCEY AND THE SUB-MABINE TELE- @narH. Wasmugron, April 10, 1857, Jamus Gorpon Basyerr, E:Q. Dean &re~ Not wish g to see a statesman of mine cen- sured as the Hon. Secretary of the Navy has been by your paper of the 9th and 10th, I would suggest that it more properly belengs and should {all upon some of the old clerks in the Navy Department, who, tt is well known here, had the entire charge and comtrol under Secretary Dobbin and bis predecessors. The presert Hom Secretary bas not as yet bad a charce to snow his hand, indepen. dent of bis subordinates, Please give him a few months Proba\ion, and oblige, very respectfully, NUTMEG, To Jamzs Gorpom Bannotr, Esq. fie—In your paper of the 0th inst. yeu publish a let- fer from the Navy Department, refusing to permit your reporters to take passage in the vessels which are to lay ¢own the submarine cable between Ireland and New- foundiand, You deprecate the policy of that refusal, and blame Mr. Touoey for it. Tm jastioe to that gentleman, 1 beg leave to call your attention to the (too notorious for den‘al ) that Mr Char es Welsh, the chief clerk. who has wielded the actual power of that department for the last four years, conti ues to do so ; and being irre ble, exerts, bebind bis pominal chief, that banefal iofluence which, during the las! administration, bas neariy de- stroyes toe usefulness and repute of the navy. ‘The duties of Mr Toucey in ibe cabinet absorb so much time asta prevent his proper attent'on to the b wivess of the cepartment, which is thus too much left in the hands of an cpsate and unscrupulous subordinate. Bat who shall say these things to the Scoretary—and is he the wen to cut lose from this incubus ? It is 'o be boped that the refusal of which you jastly comilein may bring to light this abuse through your valuaole columns. ONE OF YOUR OONSTANT READERS. THE WICARAGUA STEAMFRS LAID UP—GOVERNOR GBARY AND UTAH—GOVEBNOR GEARY AND J&R FERSON DAVIS—THE @REAT SOUTHERN Pasty. Wasarvcrom, April 10, 1867, ‘administ+ation as to the course that should be parsued tn Central American affairs. It ts stated thy their steam- chips areto be Inid up fora while, to bide the turm of events ia Nicaragua. 5x Governor Geary returned to town to day, for the Purpose of settling his Keasas accounts. Hit friends are ‘urging him as the man to send to Uiah to settle accounts with Governor Brigham Young. ‘The appointment of Governor of Utah is one of the do- mestic questions thet have been laid over to attend to more'pressing foreign questions It is atated that the ap poimtmeat was tendered to Mejor Benj. MoOullock, of Texas, ané deslined. Col. Davie’ friends seemed to be a litile touched by the fly ng Aireoily thet ho did a go portonsily to organ’s (en of did he purchase the Melia; nor Ovesiy to ask tor the Vice Presi St. Loum April 11, 1867, Kansas adviees to the 7th instant are reostved. | The requirements of the law had nos been carried out respecting the census lists. No voting at the coming election wae to be allowed in Lawrenee or Lccompton, and four obscure places had een designated in which to hold the polls, Fire at Worcester, Massachusetts, Woncnermn, Mass , April 12, 1867 ‘The satinet factory of Jobn A. Mant, on tho westeriy | night, with ail ite contents, including 4,000 yarde of cloth ready for the market. The loss \s about $5,600 Insured for $8,000 im the Providence ard Green teld offices i] From the South. THE SOUTHERN MAIL—FIRE IN MONAOR, G4., ETC. Wasnisotos, April 12, 1867, No mail bas been received south of Mobiie A fire st Monroe, Ga., on Tuesday night, destroyed ah tbe business part of the town. Tho loss is about | $80 C¢o, | Nor‘ollk papers say team fi ign'e Miseiesippt will | bo der het the Saaqcehaons, now ‘im the Sisgare io laying graphic cadio. Arrival of the lor at Savannah, Savanwan, April U1, 1867 Tho stoamabip Flovite arrived hore this morning from New York, I be detatiel to eoompany tho \be Atlantic submarine tele- Markets Pauvivaxce, Apri 11, 1867. The demon for ection throogn the werk has neon Meady, with moderate seien ai very firm prices Wool —The stock te rather light and oriers noged Salee 94 200 the Pete ting e'oth toon firm and id fully equal to the prodaot sales 63,600 —_—_—_ Witiamsburg olty News. Fram. Yeeterday morn: g, abou, bait past one o'olook, ROre broke out im @ eaeh and blind footers Im North ‘Tenth street. near First, which, together wiih @ save and hed adjciving, wae oonenmed Tt wae owoed OF Hiram Arkeriy, #hose lose js $1,0C0. Mo Ineurancs, Missing —Captain J. Androws, residing at No. 26 South 4ixth mreet, hes been missing eine” st A a. it wan net t day In Sonth street, Now Win i aaa pr ah Sa | part of Worcester, was burnt at 11 o’oosk on Saturday | Affairs at Aibany. Avsasy, Apri! 10, 1867. ‘The Broadway Railroad in the Senate. ‘The Broadway Railroad argument before the Senalp Committee Commenced to day. Genorkt Nye opeced in fovor of the road, and Mr. John H. Anthon of your oy will be beard in reply to him. Every effort — +O pase tho bill tt ene and ounoealm: ; but the opposition ts oe roe the bens erstrappers of Axnasy, April 11, 1969. Railroad Commision to be Dishanded—Police Bilt~Re- Sractory Course of Senator Smith— Neither Brooklyn, mos Watchater, mor Richmond will Organise Under t— Deaf and Dumb Institution— Funds Low—Picbably 44- Journment on Friday. ‘The Senate this morning brove uy, ao fer as they are concerned, the Board of Railroad Commissioners, was a species of hasty legislation. The bill was intro- duced yesterday, referred to ths Raltroad Committee, re- portea back this morning, psesed through a third read- (pg and sens tothe Assemb!y—all done in twenty-four hours As doubts have always existed as to the acces ‘eity of this railroad board—as two of the commissioners have asked for tts repes'—and as the manigement of the rail) cads is under the superintendence of practical morn, ‘muohk better quaiiied than this board, the repeal of tue aw seems to hive become a universes! desire, One of ‘he commissioners is retsined some three months te finish ap the repo: ts made of Laat year’s workings, when 1 meps, profiles and papers belongiog im the office of the commissioners, are to be transferred to the office of the State Enginesr and Surveyor. Upon the final readirg of the Metropolitan Police ttl, im the Senate this morning considerable of a little fare- Up Cooured among its friends. Mr. Senator Smith, of Brooklyn, acting as principal engineer, was permitted to insert sevoral smendments of an unimportant character with general approbation. Having well succesded, he thought he would venture a little fariber. He offered aw ‘amendment providiog that two commissioners should be appointed by the Governor for tne county of Kings, te: stead of one as provided in the bi!i, which would take commissioner from W: . Tile was Opposed, aa objection.in that tage of the bill was fatal to any single amenduent. He then moved io recommit, then to strike out the commission for Brooklyn and Kings o.uu'y alto- gether—ell of which propositions w:ro defeated Upon the vote being taken, Senator Smith deciared his intea- tion to vote against the ge bol yyy in bebait of the be di tant the city would ‘the police bill with ove comm |sstonce and the Mayor ¢z officio and orgeals under it ted mo, with an usual definite intimation. He appeared quite divappointea that the majority ~vuld not gant hice another commissioner, snd felt indigns:t that bis reoubil- oan friende did pot stard by him in (no amendments be bad offered. If Broekiyn wil! not acc:ot tho police bill, i neither Westchester nor Ricumoud consoat to come under its provisions, the bill wiil then be on y confired to the oty of New York. Will the o»mmistioners epprinted under the law be covstiiaion.tiy invesiot with power under the decision of the Attorn:y General? Osa Oakey Hall iiiuminate the pobiic under:tanding? . The Governor haz now a large number of tills for com sideration. Among the numbsr aro ali the canal bilts, ‘he Now York Coarter bill and the Swate and aseombiy Apporticnment bills. There sre no amondmonis tu the two Ia:ter from their original reoort, and they both are laws, a8 bave been published in tbe papers. ‘There will be no relirf granted to the Deaf and Damd Institution §the managers of this wobie and humare ounrity having quancered a )arge amount o' funds, are Bow rednced to the necesity of saking the Stato to re Neve them from their indebtedness It wil| not de done during the present session. in the meantime, Prosper M. Wetmore, the Rev. Mr. Peet, and the other financial managers, sbould be waited upon by a Legislative Oom- mites, 10 account for their management Che new es- tablish ment will require beavy additional sums to som- plete it, &r upknown amount to fit tt up with farniture, &c. The rcmoval of the institution wae a very and unwise affeir, as many people here Boh Houses are thetr sessions to-day. The members are more than usvally in/ustrious, aud appear determined to clear the oa'endar before the hundred days: It may Se palpi may no close before Dramatic and Musical Matters. ‘The review of the work does net present «single new Piece, except a lively Lue farce, ‘'1’.) fell Your Wite,’* at Wallack’s, and the audiences bave not been very lange anywhere. Mr. Oraries Taylor's new piece, ‘The Love of a Prince,”’ was announced af Laura Keene’s theatre, but was not performed, Mise Keene being usable to ap- pear; it isap for to-night, Barton has given ‘A Winter's Tale” better than ever before, but it did not drew aw ‘well as it deserved. At Wallack’s the standard comedies, “The Bivals,” “The Road to Ruim,”’ “The Heir at Law** ‘and “The School for Scandal,” heve been givenin the very best style. Messrs. Blake and Brougham have returned to this theatre, much to the delight of Ite ha- bitués, Al the Broadway theatre “‘The:Lest Days of Pom- peli” has beem p'ayed through the week. At the Ger- | maa theatre in the Bowery ‘a Dame aus Camélias’ is baving a ron. Mre. Hohm plays'Marguerite Gautior. The only musical event of the week was the concert ef Mr, Ole Bull and others, on Saturday, et Niblo’s Salece, | for the benefit of the Masoric Board of Rete’, It wes | suocessfa) in every way. Mr Stvakosch has returzed to town, having sold Thal. berg’s concerts at Rochester, Builalo aud several other Places, at a large promt. The Western peopic are anxiously expecting the pleasure of hearing Mr. Thalderg, which ‘will be given them about the Orst of May. ‘Macame D'angri’s engagement with Mr. Thalborg hae expired. She will, on dil, give some concerts ia the Sovthern ci tos. If 20, the lovers of music ia that region bave a great treat in store for them. ‘The Opera, under Max Mrreizek, olosed at the Phita- delpbia Academy of Mario on Saturday, The Opera wae “La Traviata,” which bas beon the greatest euccess of the reason, The same opera will be given this evening at Niblo’s Garden, with Mme. de Gazzaniga, (bor début im tre metropolis,) Brignoli, Amodio an@ Miss Sasan Pyne, The indomitabdie Mareizek is the conductor, We muoh regret to lose Miss L. Pyne and the artiste of the Kag ish opera asecciated with her, but we are giad to know tha} there will be an opportunity of hearing them once more before they go. Six performances of Kagiah opera will be given at Burton's, oommencieg to-morrow evening, with ‘The Crowe Diamonds,” with Mies Loatss ‘ | Pyne as Catarina, and Mr, Harrison ea Don H nriques. In the multiplicity of good things for thie evening Mr. 'W. Schmicsser’s concert must not be overiocked. takes place at Nibio’s Saloon, M. and Mme. Sobme! wer ‘will pay several original composttions for the piano, sad Mme. de Withorst and Morell! wil! appear. ‘The! tenor for the English opera at Wallack’s hath eee yet appeared. He is like the good time coming, whict Borer comes. ‘g ‘The subscription for Madame de oucerta, ‘which commences in abcut a month, will be opsned | day. We hope som to obyeniole the fact thay it bas bees entirely filled up. with great success, At the thestres this evening 0 greai doa! of entertain. meant of aj! Kinds ts offered. Al the Baoanway Tagsras the “ Last Daye of Pormpett’’ 1 announced for ite seventh performance. Mr. Loraine, Mr. and Mra, 4. H. Davenport, Madame Ponts and omer favorite artists play in the pleos, “ The Young Widow”* ia the farce. At Wartace’s Trxaree the popular comedy, ‘The iriet Hoirers,’’ with Blake, Lester, Brougham aod Mra Hoey tm the cart Is announced for the first p coe, with the fares, “Kill or Cure" Al Lavaa Kerr's Trnarae the ‘Love of « Prince’ for the firet, and the ‘“Eives’ for the twenty-ninth , Miss Keene payer tn both pieces. Al Bewton’s Traares Mr. J, W. Walleck, Jr, tales benefit avd makes his last appearance, “A Wi Tale’ ‘# the play. At tho Bowsny Tiaras Mr. R. Johnson commences ongegement in “The Corsican Brothers.’’ The drama “Proderiok the Great” te also ennoanood, Mr. Johawam ts row tho acting managor of (be Bowery. : ho noweliy for t:-night fsa trametatiay trardin’s drame, “Une Femme qui Dotests sam or the title of * The Wicked Wits." Gther em cellent entertainments are offered, ‘At the Tangenscur Mr. Dempster, tho beat living expe hort of the Rogie and Seotch baliad, ennoonoo a com cort, wiih s oaptial prograrome, tn which Mr, Dempatert™, vantate, “The May Queern "? @ilt be tntrodu The Cores Oren —At Wood's Miteirel, ‘Tho Mame my’? and plenty of othar, good hinge; at Buokloy*a eThe Old Fotka’ Ooncert’’ and toveral new songs, and Meobawica’ Hail, plenty of the old fashioned trolsy Baaiwran ansounces a concert on Thuraday at —The neat novelty at the Broadway thestrs wit roduct on of the drama by Mr. Milan, I) i® one of the vory best American player, and te give forthor effect to ite performance, Mr. KL Deven. port hee bec ergagod to play the bero, and the piay wilt be gotten op in toe bew| manner throoghoul. A first rate Amortoan actor to & firet rato American play ooght © daw, Mies Leora Keene andoeriines the iast wort, of , “The Money Question.” Ai the Bowery, “(The Careor of Crime,” © drama by Charles Gayier,